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Case Report
An Unusual Pleural Location of Thymoma Mimicking Malignant Mesothelioma: A Case Report and Literature Review
Author(s): El Haouari A, Tahiri L, Moumna K, Remmilink M and Salmon IEl Haouari A, Tahiri L, Moumna K, Remmilink M and Salmon I
Primary pleural thymomas are rare tumors often mistaken for malignant mesothelioma clinically and radiologically. The present study reports the case of a 39-year-old woman presented with a pleural tumor in the right thorax. The tumor was surgically resected and histopathologically diagnosed as ectopic primary pleural thymoma lacking any evidence of a médiastinal tumor. The clinicopathological futures of this unusual thymoma are also discussed.
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DOI:
10.4172/2161-105X.1000311
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