AUTHOR=Agrafiotis Apostolos C. , Paralikas Ioannis , Giakoumakis Kanellos , Moraitis Sotirios D. TITLE=Case Report: Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma in the Wall of a Thymic Cyst JOURNAL=Frontiers in Surgery VOLUME=9 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/surgery/articles/10.3389/fsurg.2022.788047 DOI=10.3389/fsurg.2022.788047 ISSN=2296-875X ABSTRACT=

Thymic cysts are rare lesions (1–5% of all mediastinal masses) and, most of the times, are incidental findings. The coexistence of a lymphoma and a thymic cyst is rare. In the case reported herein, microscopic foci of a diffuse large B-cell lymphoma were identified in the wall of a resected thymic cyst. This case report adds to the current knowledge of this rare entity and highlights the necessity of early surgical resection of mediastinal cysts over watchful waiting.