Malignant Invasive Thymoma in the Posterior Mediastinum

We present a rare case of malignant invasive thymoma (type A) arising from the posterior mediastinum. A 17-year-old girl was referred to our clinic after detection of a mass on a chest roentgenogram. Thoracoscopy showed a lobulated, pale yellowish mass located in the posterior compartment together w...

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Veröffentlicht in:	The Annals of thoracic surgery 2009-04, Vol.87 (4), p.1274-1275
Hauptverfasser:	Orki, Alpay, MD, Patlakoglu, Mehmet Suat, MD, Tahaoglu, Canan, MD, Kutlu, Cemal Asim, MD, FETCS
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adolescent Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy Biological and medical sciences Cardiology. Vascular system Cardiothoracic Surgery Female Humans Mediastinum Medical sciences Pneumology Surgery Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted Thymoma - therapy Thymus Neoplasms - therapy Tumors of the respiratory system and mediastinum
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Zusammenfassung:	We present a rare case of malignant invasive thymoma (type A) arising from the posterior mediastinum. A 17-year-old girl was referred to our clinic after detection of a mass on a chest roentgenogram. Thoracoscopy showed a lobulated, pale yellowish mass located in the posterior compartment together with several foci in the lung parenchyma. The tumor and parenchymal foci were totally resected through a left minithoracotomy. Postoperative pathology revealed malignant invasive thymoma type A.
ISSN:	0003-4975 1552-6259
DOI:	10.1016/j.athoracsur.2008.08.011