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Report of a Case

C. HERBERT FREDELL, M.D.; ALLAN D. PERLMUTTER, M.D.

AMA Arch Surg. 1961;83(6):898-900.

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Benign tumors of the thymus gland are uncommon. The rarity of a thymolipoma was noted by Unver⁵ in 1957 when he reported a case and found only 13 other cases reported in the literature. The symptoms that the patient commonly notes are those due to the bulk of the tumor.² The largest thymolipoma that has been excised was 6,000 gm.

The unusual pathological appearance of the thymolipoma has been reported by Guilfoil,³ who noted that the thymolipoma is a true mixed tumor. There is fatty tissue derived from the mesoderm and thymic tissue from the endoderm. There has been no reported instance of a thymolipoma undergoing malignant degeneration, although it is a possibility.

Report of Case

A 34-year-old white man was admitted to the hospital on Feb. 3, 1960, complaining of discomfort in his chest, accompanied by a sensation of "something moving about" in the chest for . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ.

Chief of Surgery, Flagstaff Hospital (Dr. Fredell).

Footnotes
Received for publication March 10, 1961.

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