a mother with a tumour close to her heart: a case report on the management of a thymoma in pregnancy

Thymomas are seldom encountered in the general population, and even more-so uncommonly encountered in pregnancy. patients usually present with either local, compressive symptoms such as shortness of breath or are asymptomatic and diagnosed incidentally on imaging studies. a subset of them may even present in association with myasthenia gravis. management of pregnant patients with thymomas are challenging and require multi-disciplinary care involving thoracic surgeons, maternal-fetal medicine specialists, neonatologists and anaesthesiologists to facilitate safe progression of the pregnancy.  we discuss the management of a patient that presented to us with a b2-type thymoma in pregnancy who successfully underwent a video-assisted thoracoscopic excision of the mass and went on to have a safe delivery. the optimal way forward in managing patients with thymomas in pregnancy would be through early recognition of the condition and instituting a mutlidisciplinary approach.