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Case Reports

Respiratory Failure Caused by Giant Thymolipoma

^a Department of Thoracic Surgery, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey
^b Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Meram Faculty of Medicine, Selcuk University, Konya, Turkey

Accepted for publication February 14, 2008.

^_* Address correspondence to Dr Tulek, Selcuk Universitesy, Meram Tip Fakultesi, Gogus Hastaliklari AD, Konya, 42080, Turkey (Email: baykaltulek{at}yahoo.com).

The authors present the case of a 31-year-old woman with a massive anterior mediastinal tumor who presented with respiratory failure. A thoracic computed tomographic scan suggested a mediastinal lipomatous mass, and an operation was performed. Resection of the tumor resulted in immediate improvement in the patient's pulmonary status, and the histopathologic examination revealed thymolipoma. Because thymolipoma can attain enormous dimensions and compress adjacent structures, it should be immediately resected.

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