Abstract
We report on a 10-year-old boy with a huge right-sided thoracic mass. The chest radiograph, ultrasonography, CT and laboratory data were suspicious of an abscess-forming pneumonia. Following unsuccessful antibiotic treatment the mass was surgically removed. Histological examination revealed a huge necrotizing thymic cyst.
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Deeg, K.H., Bellingrath, L. Sonographic diagnosis of a huge necrotizing thymic cyst. Pediatr Radiol 23, 563–564 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02012154
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