Extensive ossification of thymoma in a child.
case_report · Level V
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- Also identified by DOI 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.11.010.
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Abstract
A case of thymoma with extensive ossification in an 8-year-old female child is presented. The presence of extensive ossification in the stroma of the thymoma is an extremely rare feature. To date, there is a single report of ossifying thymoma in children. This report represents the second known case in a child in the worldwide literature.
Medical subject headings
- Calcinosis
- Thymoma
- Thymus Neoplasms