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)