Table 1 Characteristics of patients
From: Cavernous hemangioma of thymus misdiagnosed as thymoma: a case report
Patient | Age | Sex | Symptoms | Localization | Size (cm) | Resection | Follow-up (months) | Prognosis |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 35 | Male | Pain in neck | Cervical ectopic thymus tissue | 3 × 3 | Right thoracotomy | 24 | Alive [2] |
2 | 52 | Female | None | Left lobe of thymus | 4.2 × 3.2 | Right thoracotomy | 96 | Alive [4] |
3 | 63 | Male | Dyspnea | Left lobe of thymus | 6 × 6 | Left thoracotomy | 44 | Death [7] |
4 | 59 | Female | None | Left lobe of thymus | 5 × 4 | VATS | 26 | Alive [9] |
5 | 52 | Male | None | Right lobe of thymus | 2.1 × 1.4 | VATS | 12 | Alive |