{
  "abstract": "We report the case of a teenaged girl presenting with progressive orthopnoea, exertional dyspnoea, non-radiating right-sided chest pain and loss of appetite, for the last 6 months. Chest radiograph revealed complete opacification of the right hemithorax with contralateral tracheo-mediastinal shift. A contrast-enhanced CT scan of the thorax showed a massive fat-containing anterior mediastinal mass extending into both hemithoraces, without invasion of adjacent structures. Ultrasound-guided biopsy of the lesion suggested a neoplastic aetiology of thymic origin. Based on the clinicoradiological and pathological findings, a provisional diagnosis of thymolipoma was made. The mass was completely excised via a midline sternotomy approach. Postoperative histopathology confirmed the diagnosis as thymolipoma. After surgical excision of the tumour, the patient showed complete clinicoradiological improvement and is asymptomatic at 3-year follow-up.",
  "authors": [
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Pulmonary Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India"
      ],
      "name": "Aswathy Sabu"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "CTVS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India"
      ],
      "name": "Abisho R Starlet"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Pulmonary Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India"
      ],
      "name": "Mayank Mishra"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "CTVS, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India"
      ],
      "name": "Anshuman Darbari"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Pulmonary Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India"
      ],
      "name": "Yash Jain"
    },
    {
      "affiliations": [
        "Pulmonary Medicine, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Rishikesh, Uttarakhand, India"
      ],
      "name": "Prakash Sivaramakrishnan"
    }
  ],
  "title": "Unilateral white-out lung: thoracic thymolipoma",
  "uid": "32861850-9d1b-55ed-a382-35c66442bf59"
}