A rare case of intrathymic epidermoid cyst

A rare case of intrathymic epidermoid cyst

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Thymic cysts are a rare abnormality accounting for 1%–3% of all mediastinal masses.In most cases, they are asymptomatic and localized in the anterior mediastinum.Despite their benign nature, the presence of a mass baby beanies is an indication for surgery to obtain a histological conclusion and reliably exclude an oncological process.Epidermoid cysts are rare and only a few cases are described in the literature.

In our case report, we present a rare case of examination and treatment of a patient with a large anterior mediastinum mass, which, according to faux flower the results of histology, was an epidermoid cyst of the thymus.