Surgical resection was successful for a giant mediastinal thymolipoma mimicking a teratoma in a young female.
May guide surgical planning for rare mediastinal masses mimicking teratoma; extends limited case literature but leaves management questions open.
A young female presented to us with chest complaints of 10 months duration. Imaging was done which revealed fat attenuation mass lesion in the mediastinum occupying both hemithoraces. Provisional differential diagnosis of giant teratoma, mediastinal thymolipoma, large pleural lipoma or a pulmonary lesion with effusion was kept. Patient underwent surgery, mass was resected and the patient discharged in good condition.
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