Primary papillary carcinoma of the thymus with invasion into subcutaneous tissue through the sternum

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Masahiko Higashiyama²  Toshiteru Tokunaga²  Takashi Kanou²  Ayako Fujiwara²  Yasuhiko Tomita¹  Jiro Okami²  Yuta Ibuki² 

[1] Department of Pathology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan;Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, 1-3-3 Nakamichi Higashinari, Osaka 5378511, Japan

关键词: Chest wall;    Surgery;    Sternum;    Cancer;    Thymus;   

Others  :  810453
DOI  :  10.1186/1749-8090-9-77

 received in 2014-02-11, accepted in 2014-04-24,  发布年份 2014

【 摘 要 】

Thymic carcinoma is a rare malignant neoplasm. We present a Japanese case of papillary carcinoma of thymus in a 64-year-old man that invaded into subcutaneous tissue penetrating the sternum. We describe the clinical and pathologic features of this extremely rare thymic epithelial tumor, with disease-free survival at three years of follow-up.

【 授权许可】

   
2014 Ibuki et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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