Thymic lipofibroadenomas: Three case reports

Table 1 Clinicopathological characteristics of patients with thymic lipofibroadenoma

Case	Symptoms	Year	Sex	Age	Size (cm)	Site	Therapy	Outcome
1[5]	Unknown	1994	M	32	Unknown	Anterior mediastinal		Unknown
2[5]	Unknown	1994	F	9	Unknown	Anterior mediastinal		Unknown
3[6]	Dyspnea,dizziness	2001	M	62	Unknown	Anterior mediastinal	S	No recurrence more than 6 yr 8 mo after operation
4[7]	Unknown	2009	M	32	3	anterior mediastinal	S	Unknown
5[8]	Chest pain and dyspnea	2012	F	23	21 × 7.5 × 7	Anterior mediastinum	S	No recurrence 1 yr after operation
6[9]	No	2013	M	21	10 × 6 × 4	Left heart edge	S	No recurrence 46 mo after operation
7[10]	Cough, fever, andnight sweats	2015	M	20	23 × 14 × 5	Anterior mediastinum extending throughout theright thorax	S	asymptomatic 6 mo after operation.
8[3]	No	2020	M	28	8.8 × 6.7 × 4.2	Right edge of the heart	S	No recurrence 6 mo after operation
9[2]	Progressive dyspnea	2021	F	64	16 × 8 × 6	Anterior mediastinum and left pleural cavity	S	No recurrence 4 yr after operation
10[4]	No	2021	F	55	4.5 × 1.8 × 1.3	Mediastinal	S	Unknown
11 (Present case)	Occasional chest congestion	2022	F	59	3-4	Anterior mediastinum	S	No recurrence 19 mo after operation
12 (Present case)	No	2022	F	33	12 × 10 × 6	Anterior upper mediastinum	S	No recurrence 7 mo after operation
13 (Present case)	Mild dyspnea	2022	M	37	10	Beside the anterior middle mediastinum	S	No recurrence 30 mo after operation

F: Female, M: Male, S: Surgical treatment, mo: Month, yr: Year.