Thymic Carcinoma Presenting as a Mediastinal Mass Resembling a Cardiac Tumor.

Publication/Presentation Date

5-1-2024

Abstract

Thymoma and thymic carcinomas are a few of the rarest malignancies seen in humankind. They are mostly seen in the Asian population, many of which are reported in the Southeast Asia region like Japan, China, Vietnam, etc. They usually can be a sequela of other underlying conditions such as myasthenia gravis or some unknown mutations that express later in life.  Our patient is a young 41-year-male, a healthy and active individual who presented for evaluation of acute shortness of breath, two months after recovering from SARS-CoV-19 infection. His shortness of breath progressed while on oxygen and diuretics, a Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) showed cardiac tamponade and moderate pleural effusion. A Computerized Tomographic (CT) scan of the chest/abdomen/pelvis showed cardiomegaly, pleural effusion, and a mass abutting the heart. A pericardiocentesis revealed malignant cells. Thymic carcinoma was confirmed with a core biopsy and the patient was initiated on treatment rapidly to help improve symptoms and contain the growing mass.  .

Volume

16

Issue

5

First Page

61455

Last Page

61455

ISSN

2168-8184

Disciplines

Diagnosis | Medicine and Health Sciences | Other Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment | Radiology

PubMedID

38947614

Department(s)

Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Medical Imaging

Document Type

Article

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