• Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
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• 제73권6호
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• pp.331-335
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• 2012

Thymomas are one of the most common neoplasms of the mediastinum derived from thymic epithelium. It is common that invasive thymoma invades the lung, pericardium, and great vessels. Airway compression by mass effect also occurs, but direct polypoid tumor growth into the airway is extremely rare. Only 20 cases of invasive thymoma with endobronchial polypoid growth have previously been reported globally. However, there is no case report of invasive thymoma with endotracheal growth. Herein, we report a rare case of invasive thymoma with endotracheal polypoid growth in a 28-year-old woman.

• Clinical and Experimental Pediatrics
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• 제58권3호
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• pp.108-111
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• 2015

DiGeorge syndrome is an immunodeficient disease associated with abnormal development of 3rd and 4th pharyngeal pouches. As a hemizygous deletion of chromosome 22q11.2 occurs, various clinical phenotypes are shown with a broad spectrum. Conotruncal cardiac anomalies, hypoplastic thymus, and hypocalcemia are the classic triad of DiGeorge syndrome. As this syndrome is characterized by hypoplastic or aplastic thymus, there are missing thymic shadow on their plain chest x-ray. Immunodeficient patients are traditionally known to be at an increased risk for malignancy, especially lymphoma. We experienced a 7-year-old DiGeorge syndrome patient with mediastinal mass shadow on her plain chest x-ray. She visited Severance Children's Hospital hospital with recurrent pneumonia, and throughout her repeated chest x-ray, there was a mass like shadow on anterior mediastinal area. We did full evaluation including chest computed tomography, chest ultrasonography, and chest magnetic resonance imaging. To rule out malignancy, video assisted thoracoscopic surgery was done. Final diagnosis of the mass which was thought to be malignancy, was lymphoproliferative lesion.

• Journal of Chest Surgery
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• 제30권1호
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• pp.55-60
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• 1997

본 인제대학교 의과대학 서을 백병원 흉부외과학교실에서는 1987년 9월 부터 1995년 12월까지 원발성 종격동 종양의 진단하에 수술을 시행한 40례를 대상으로 하여 임상적 고찰을 하였다. 관찰 대상은 남자 18례와 여자 22례로 연령은 Vll에서 68세까지 였으며 평균 )4.1세였다. 종양의 진단시 증상은 흉통(12.5%), 기침(12.5%), 호흡곤란(7.5%) 경부종괴(7.5%), 흉부불쾌감(5.0%) 등이었다. 진단은 모든 예에서 단순 흉부엑스선 사진과 흉부 전산화단층촬영을 실시하였고 5례 에서는 자기공명영상을 시행하였다. 경피적 침생검은 22례에서 시행하여 16례에서 조직학적 진단을 얻었다(민감도 72.7%). 종양의 위치별 분포는 전상부 종격동 24례(60.0%), 후부 종격동 14례(35.0%), 중부 종격동 2례(5.0%)였다. 종양의 종류는 흉선종 11례(27.5%), 신경성종양 10례(25.0%), 배아세포종 7례(17.5%), 낭종 8례(20.0%), 거대 림프 절비대(Castleman's disease) 2례(5.0%), 방추세포육종 1례(2.5%) 그리고 림프종 1례(2.5%), 였다. 악성 종양은 5례로 침습성 흉선종 3례, 방추세포육종 1례, 림프종 1례였다. 치료는 양성의 모든 예와 악성종양 3례에서 완전절제하였고, 2례는 수술이 불가능하였다. 수술후 사망은 없었고 합병증은 창상피열, 성대마비, 어깨강직이 각각 1례씩 있었다.