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01-07-2016 | Case report

Metachronous multiple thymoma with different clinical behavior and pathological findings

Authors: Tomonari Oki, Toru Nakamura, Yoshifumi Arai, Yoshiro Otsuki, Futoru Toyoda

Published in: International Cancer Conference Journal | Issue 3/2016

Abstract

A 70-year-old woman presented with a nodule in the left hilum on a chest radiograph 3 years before. Another mass emerged caudal to the initial nodule and was diagnosed as thymoma. A surgical specimen revealed two components: an encapsulated rostral nodule and a caudal mass invading the left lung. Histological findings showed that the rostral nodule was a stage 1 type B2 thymoma, whereas the caudal mass was a stage 3 type B3 thymoma. Based on the differences in biological behavior and histological findings, we concluded that these tumors derived from multicentric origin.

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Title: Metachronous multiple thymoma with different clinical behavior and pathological findings
Authors: Tomonari Oki
Toru Nakamura
Yoshifumi Arai
Yoshiro Otsuki
Futoru Toyoda
Publication date: 01-07-2016
Publisher: Springer Japan
Published in: International Cancer Conference Journal / Issue 3/2016
Electronic ISSN: 2192-3183
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13691-016-0249-7

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