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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>2709-7927</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Acta Médica del Centro]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Acta méd centro]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>2709-7927</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario Arnaldo Milián Castro]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
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<article-meta>
<article-id>S2709-79272024000200015</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Timoma. Informe de caso]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Thymoma. Case report]]></article-title>
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<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Acebo Rodríguez]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Miguel]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
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<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[González Mancera]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Karla Andrea]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[López Batista]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Antonio]]></given-names>
</name>
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</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Hospital Provincial Clínico Quirúrgico Universitario &#8220;Arnaldo Milián Castro&#8221;  ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santa Clara, Villa Clara ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>06</month>
<year>2024</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>18</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S2709-79272024000200015&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S2709-79272024000200015&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S2709-79272024000200015&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN  Introducción:  los timomas son tumores raros, se consideran los más frecuentes del mediastino anterior y son originados en la glándula tímica.  Información del paciente:  paciente femenina de 55 años de edad, con antecedentes de trastornos digestivos, entumecimiento y debilidad ocasional en las extremidades superiores e inferiores, fumadora pasiva desde la infancia. Padeció COVID-19 Delta en 2021, recibió tratamiento y no presenta ninguna repercusión. Acudió a la Consulta de Neumología por presentar dolor escapular derecho y, en ocasiones, tos con expectoraciones blanquecinas matutinas, negó disnea y estaba afebril. Mediante estudios de laboratorio e imagenológicos se llegó a la sospecha clínica de timoma, diagnóstico que fue confirmado mediante el informe de biopsia de la lesión extraída mediante timectomía convencional transesternal.  Conclusiones:  se debe realizar un diagnóstico temprano y oportuno del timoma para garantizar mayor sobrevida a los pacientes, en lo que resulta de especial importancia el conocimiento de sus características imagenológicas.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT  Introduction:  thymomas are rare tumors, they are considered the most frequent of the anterior mediastinum and originate in the thymic gland.  Patient information:  55-year-old female patient, with a history of digestive disorders, occasional numbness and weakness in the upper and lower extremities, passive smoker since childhood. She suffered from COVID-19 Delta in 2021, received treatment and has no repercussions. She attended the Pulmonology Clinic due to right scapular pain and, at times, cough with whitish morning expectorations. She denied dyspnea and was afebrile. Through laboratory and imaging studies, a clinical suspicion of thymoma was reached, a diagnosis that was confirmed by the biopsy report of the lesion removed by conventional transsternal thymectomy.  Conclusions:  an early and timely diagnosis of thymoma must be made to guarantee greater survival for patients, for which knowledge of its imaging characteristics is of special importance.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[timoma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[neoplasias del mediastino]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[timectomía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[thymoma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[mediastinal neoplasms]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[thymectomy]]></kwd>
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