Multilocular thymic cysts-a diagnostic challenge on computed tomography  

作　　者：Nirmal Kumar Reddy Onteddu Naga Sai Rasagna Mareddy Sai Swarupa R Vulasala Jayabharath Onteddu Mayur Virarkar 

机构地区：[1]Department of Internal Medicine,University of Florida College of Medicine,Jacksonville,FL 32209,United States [2]Department of Diagnostic Radiology,University of Alabama,Birmingham,AL 35294,United States [3]Department of Diagnostic Radiology,University of Florida College of Medicine,Jacksonville,FL 32209,United States [4]Department of Public Health Sciences,University of Florida,Gainesville,FL 32611,United States

出　　处：《World Journal of Clinical Cases》2025年第3期61-65,共5页世界临床病例杂志（英文）

摘　　要：A recent case report provided a patient scenario,wherein,a 39-year-old male patient presented with occasional palpitations,headache,and fever.Evaluation of tumor markers did not show any abnormal results.Subsequently,a computed tomography(CT)scan was undertaken,and its findings were affirmative of thymic cancer.Finally,the postoperative histopathological assessment of the mass,after its resection,confirmed it as an anterior mediastinal multilocular thymic cyst(MTC),with concurrent acute upper respiratory tract infection and acute myocarditis.Accordingly,this case report advocates the need for a preoperative histopathological examination with CT imaging to minimize the risk of confusing an MTC with a malignant thymic tumor.

关 键 词：Imaging findings Multilocular thymic cyst HISTOPATHOLOGY Thymic cancer Mediastinal mass 

分 类 号：R737.9[医药卫生—肿瘤]