clinical features
Last reviewed 01/2018
- mean age of patients with thymomas is 50 years; rare in children where they are associated with a poor prognosis
- males and females equally affected
- radiographic mass - most common in anterosuperior mediastinum
- variable clinical presentation dependent upon the aggressiveness of the lesion. Basic patterns include:
- asymptomatic
- features attributable to local pressure effects e.g. cough, dyspnoea, dysphagia and superior venal caval obstruction
- associated systemic disorders (see associated conditions)