Case 141: Thymic Mass Biopsy, Seeding Issues, etc

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Previous Case:

Case 140: Temporal Bone Biopsy
Skull bone biopsies are usually simple and straightforward. The approach has to be tailored to the location of the lesion and the adjacent anatomy.

Current Case:

A 56-years old was referred for a CT guided biopsy for a prevascular space mass, with features suggestive of a thymic neoplasm.

Questions:

  1. Will you biopsy?
  2. If so, then which route?
The video discusses the case, the apprehension that physicians have to biopsy suspected thymic tumors and a recent article on this subject.