Thymic lipofibroadenoma accompanied with largish calcifications

Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2021 Feb;69(2):394-397. doi: 10.1007/s11748-020-01475-3. Epub 2020 Sep 4.

Abstract

Thymic lipofibroadenomas are extremely rare; their radiological features have never been reported. We report the first case of a lipofibroadenoma with some largish calcifications mimicking a teratoma. A 28-year-old man had an anterior mediastinal tumor with some calcifications on preoperative computed tomography, which was suspected to be a mature teratoma and resected through robot-assisted thoracic surgery. This tumor had strands of epithelial cells separated by abundant fibrous stroma containing fat cells and was thus diagnosed as a lipofibroadenoma. He was well without any recurrence 6 months postoperatively. Largish calcifications on preoperative computed tomography make distinguishing between teratomas and lipfibroadenomas difficult.

Keywords: Calcification; Lipofibroadenoma; Rare thymomas.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms*
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Teratoma*
  • Thymoma*
  • Thymus Neoplasms*