Intracaval and Intracardiac Extension of Malignant Thymoma

A case of malignant thymoma presenting as the superior vena cava syndrome is reported. A 56-year old male was admitted with superior vena cava syndrome. CT and NMR-CT scan showed a solid homogenous superior mediastinal mass; which filled the lumen of the superior vena cava and the right atrium. A bi...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Internal Medicine 1993, Vol.32(3), pp.257-260
Hauptverfasser:	FUTAMI, Sachiko, YAMASAKI, Tomio, MINAMI, Rieko, MATSUBA, Kohji, INOUE, Keisuke, NISHIMOTO, Shigeki, MATSUMOTO, Shinichirou, ASADA, Tatsurou, OGAWA, Kyoichi, FURUMOTO, Masaru
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Biological and medical sciences Diagnosis, Differential Heart Atria Humans Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy Male mediastinal tumor Medical sciences Middle Aged Myxoma - diagnosis Neoplastic Cells, Circulating - pathology Pneumology superior vena cava syndrome Superior Vena Cava Syndrome - etiology Thymoma - complications Thymoma - pathology Thymoma - surgery Tomography, X-Ray Computed Tumors of the respiratory system and mediastinum
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Zusammenfassung:	A case of malignant thymoma presenting as the superior vena cava syndrome is reported. A 56-year old male was admitted with superior vena cava syndrome. CT and NMR-CT scan showed a solid homogenous superior mediastinal mass; which filled the lumen of the superior vena cava and the right atrium. A biopsy of the right atrial mass showed myxoma, and operation was performed. Histopathologically the tumor was diagnosed as thymoma. Intracaval and intracardiac extension of a thymoma is very rare. (Internal Medicine 32: 257-260, 1993)
ISSN:	0918-2918 1349-7235
DOI:	10.2169/internalmedicine.32.257