Asymptomatic Pelvic Metastasis from Thymic Carcinoma: A Case Report

Thymic epithelial tumors are rare and often occur somewhere local. Metastatic sites of thymic carcinomas (Masaoka-Koga stage IVb) are mostly seen in the lung, liver and brain. We report a 64-year-old female with an initial diagnosis of thymoma B3 who first showed thoracic recurrences and then an asy...

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Published inCase reports in oncology Vol. 7; no. 2; pp. 422 - 425
Main Authors Surmei-Pintilie, Ecaterina, Narducci, Fabrice, Farre, Isabelle, Kolesnikov-Gauthier, Helene, Boulanger, Thomas, Petit, Stephanie, Porte, Henri, Dansin, Eric
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 02.07.2014
Karger Publishers
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Extrathoracic metastasis
Pelvic metastasis
Positron emission tomography
Published: July 2014
Thymic carcinoma
Thymoma
Extrathoracic metastasis
Thymoma
Thymic carcinoma
Pelvic metastasis
Positron emission tomography
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ISSN1662-6575
1662-6575
DOI10.1159/000365187

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Summary:Thymic epithelial tumors are rare and often occur somewhere local. Metastatic sites of thymic carcinomas (Masaoka-Koga stage IVb) are mostly seen in the lung, liver and brain. We report a 64-year-old female with an initial diagnosis of thymoma B3 who first showed thoracic recurrences and then an asymptomatic isolated pelvic metastasis from her thymic carcinoma.
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ISSN:1662-6575
1662-6575
DOI:10.1159/000365187