Thymolipoma: a rare thymic tumour: report of two cases

ABSTRACT

Among 100 mediastinal tumors that were removed in the past twenty years, I have encountered two thymolipomas. The first in a 21-year-old lady who presented with myasthenia gravis, and the second in a 7-year-old boy who presented with progressive dyspnoea. Thymolipoma is an uncommon benign tumor of the thymus, and its association with myasthenia gravis is a rarity. Only two previous cases of thymelipoma presenting as myasthenia gravis have been reported. This short report describes an additional case history of such association. The pathogenesis of this rare tumor and its clinical presentations are also discussed