Multilocular thymic cysts, preoperative diagnosis and treatment: a clinical case
https://doi.org/10.22328/2079-5343-2025-16-2-104-109
Abstract
Biopsy has limited value and is relatively effective only against cystic tumors for preoperative diagnosis of mediastinal cysts. Noninvasive clinical imaging is relevant here, taking into account the localization of the neoplasm and its relationship to neighboring structures. Non-tumor cysts of the thymus gland (CTG) are divided into monolocular (congenital, primary) and multilocular (acquired, secondary). A clinical case of a 45-year-old woman with a multilocular CTG diagnosed by computed tomography and videothoracoscopically removed is presented. The issues of diagnosis and differential diagnosis of multilocular CTG and their possible connection with COVID 19 are discussed.
About the Authors
P. S. Kalinin
Leningrad Regional Clinical Hospital
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Peter S. Kalinin — Cand. of Sci. (Med.), roentgenologyst
194291, St. Petersburg, Lunacharskogo Ave., 45
E. V. Scherbakova
Central Pathological Department of General Pathology of the Leningrad Region Bureau of Forensic Medicine
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ekaterina V. Scherbakova — pathologist of the Central Pathological Department
194291, St. Petersburg, Santiago de Cuba St., 7
D. P. Kovtun
Central Pathological Department of General Pathology of the Leningrad Region Bureau of Forensic Medicine
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Demyan P. Kovtun — Cand. of Sci. (Med.), pathologist, head
194291, St. Petersburg, Santiago de Cuba St., 7
O. G. Polushin
Central Pathological Department of General Pathology of the Leningrad Region Bureau of Forensic Medicine
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Oleg G. Polushin — Cand. of Sci. (Med.), pathologist
194291, St. Petersburg, Santiago de Cuba St., 7
L. Yu. Shabaturov
Leningrad Regional Clinical Hospital
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Leonid Yu. Shabaturov — surgeon of the oncological department of surgical methods of treatment No. 6
194291, St. Petersburg, Lunacharskogo Ave., 45
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Kalinin P.S., Scherbakova E.V., Kovtun D.P., Polushin O.G., Shabaturov L.Yu. Multilocular thymic cysts, preoperative diagnosis and treatment: a clinical case. Diagnostic radiology and radiotherapy. 2025;16(2):104-109. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.22328/2079-5343-2025-16-2-104-109
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