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A Rare Case of Mediastinal Mass: Thymoma and Thymic Tumor

Thymomas and thymic carcinomas are rare mediastinal neoplasms arising from thymic epithelial cells, and the presence of synchronous or metachronous primary thymic neoplasms in a single patient is an extremely rare event. Thymoma patients appear to have an inherent predisposition toward developing ad...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Moura de Azevedo, Sofia, Baptista, Patrícia, Pichel, Rita C, Dias, Rita R, Bertão, Manuela
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10369011/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37503485
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.40956
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Sumario:Thymomas and thymic carcinomas are rare mediastinal neoplasms arising from thymic epithelial cells, and the presence of synchronous or metachronous primary thymic neoplasms in a single patient is an extremely rare event. Thymoma patients appear to have an inherent predisposition toward developing additional neoplasms. This additionally presents a diagnostic challenge, revealing the importance of multidisciplinary expertise to the management of these patients. This is a case report of a patient with a thymoma and thymic carcinoma, submitted to surgical resection and postoperative radiotherapy.