Year : 2008 | Volume
: 13 | Issue : 4 | Page : 140--141
Accessory thymus in posterior mediastinum
Sushmita Bhatnagar, Rohit Pradhan, Pankaj Shastri, Pradeep Shenoy
Department of Pediatric Surgery, Bai Jerbai Wadia Hospital for Children, Parel, Mumbai - 400 012, India
Correspondence Address:
Sushmita Bhatnagar
56/B, Venus Apartments, Worli Sea Face, Worli, Mumbai - 400 018
India
Presence of thymus in the normal position as well as in the posterior mediastinum is an unusual phenomenon. We report here a case of posterior mediastinal mass in a 20-month old male child who presented with dysphagia and dry cough. Investigations revealed it to be a solid posterior mediastinal mass, suspected to be either lymphoma or a neuroblastoma. Excision of the mass followed by histopathologic examination revealed the mass to be a normal thymus. This case indicates that a benign mass, an accessory thymus, though rare, can be located in the posterior mediastinum and cause symptoms similar to solid mediastinal tumors.
How to cite this article:
Bhatnagar S, Pradhan R, Shastri P, Shenoy P. Accessory thymus in posterior mediastinum.J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg 2008;13:140-141
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Bhatnagar S, Pradhan R, Shastri P, Shenoy P. Accessory thymus in posterior mediastinum. J Indian Assoc Pediatr Surg [serial online] 2008 [cited 2013 May 21 ];13:140-141
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