Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Thymus: A Case Report

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thymus is an extremely rare malignant mediastinal neoplasm, and to our knowledge, only 13 cases have been reported. We report a case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thymus that was seen in a 53-yr-old man with right chest pain. Chest CT scan showed a huge, cystic m...

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Autores principales: Kim, Gang-Deuk, Kim, Hye-Won, Oh, Jung-Taek, Jo, Hyang-Jeong, Juhng, Seon-Kwan
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2004
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2816898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15308855
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2004.19.4.601
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author Kim, Gang-Deuk
Kim, Hye-Won
Oh, Jung-Taek
Jo, Hyang-Jeong
Juhng, Seon-Kwan
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Kim, Hye-Won
Oh, Jung-Taek
Jo, Hyang-Jeong
Juhng, Seon-Kwan
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description Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thymus is an extremely rare malignant mediastinal neoplasm, and to our knowledge, only 13 cases have been reported. We report a case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thymus that was seen in a 53-yr-old man with right chest pain. Chest CT scan showed a huge, cystic mass having a focal solid portion with direct invasion of the adjacent anterior chest wall and pericardium in the anterior mediastinum. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thymus should be included in the differential diagnosis for masses of the anterior mediastinum associated with extensive cystic changes, although the carcinoma is exceedingly rare.
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spelling pubmed-28168982010-02-12 Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Thymus: A Case Report Kim, Gang-Deuk Kim, Hye-Won Oh, Jung-Taek Jo, Hyang-Jeong Juhng, Seon-Kwan J Korean Med Sci Case Report Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thymus is an extremely rare malignant mediastinal neoplasm, and to our knowledge, only 13 cases have been reported. We report a case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thymus that was seen in a 53-yr-old man with right chest pain. Chest CT scan showed a huge, cystic mass having a focal solid portion with direct invasion of the adjacent anterior chest wall and pericardium in the anterior mediastinum. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thymus should be included in the differential diagnosis for masses of the anterior mediastinum associated with extensive cystic changes, although the carcinoma is exceedingly rare. The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences 2004-08 2009-05-20 /pmc/articles/PMC2816898/ /pubmed/15308855 http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2004.19.4.601 Text en Copyright © 2004 The Korean Academy of Medical Sciences http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Kim, Gang-Deuk
Kim, Hye-Won
Oh, Jung-Taek
Jo, Hyang-Jeong
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Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Thymus: A Case Report
title Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Thymus: A Case Report
title_full Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Thymus: A Case Report
title_fullStr Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Thymus: A Case Report
title_full_unstemmed Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Thymus: A Case Report
title_short Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Thymus: A Case Report
title_sort mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thymus: a case report
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2816898/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15308855
http://dx.doi.org/10.3346/jkms.2004.19.4.601
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