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Gastric Adenocarcinoma with Thymic Metastasis after Curative Resection: A Case Report
The peritoneum is the most frequent site of recurrence for gastric cancer after gastrectomy, followed by the liver and lymph nodes. In contrast, metastasis to the thymus is rare. Annual surveillance with computed tomography was performed on a 67-year-old man who previously underwent a distal gastrec...
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The Korean Gastric Cancer Association
2014
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4199889/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25328767 http://dx.doi.org/10.5230/jgc.2014.14.3.207 |
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author | Matsunaga, Tomoyuki Saito, Hiroaki Miyatani, Kozo Takaya, Seigo Fukumoto, Yoji Osaki, Tomohiro Ikeguchi, Masahide |
author_facet | Matsunaga, Tomoyuki Saito, Hiroaki Miyatani, Kozo Takaya, Seigo Fukumoto, Yoji Osaki, Tomohiro Ikeguchi, Masahide |
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description | The peritoneum is the most frequent site of recurrence for gastric cancer after gastrectomy, followed by the liver and lymph nodes. In contrast, metastasis to the thymus is rare. Annual surveillance with computed tomography was performed on a 67-year-old man who previously underwent a distal gastrectomy and D2 lymph node dissection for gastric cancer at Tottori University. Five years after the initial operation, an anterior mediastinal tumor was detected by computed tomography. The patient underwent video-assisted thoracic surgery to remove the tumor. Histopathology revealed adenocarcinoma cells similar to those of the gastric cancer resected 5 years previously. Thymic metastasis was considered likely based on the location of the tumor. The recognition that gastric cancer can metastasize to unusual anatomic locations, such as the thymus, can facilitate an accurate, prompt diagnosis and appropriate treatment. |
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spelling | pubmed-41998892014-10-17 Gastric Adenocarcinoma with Thymic Metastasis after Curative Resection: A Case Report Matsunaga, Tomoyuki Saito, Hiroaki Miyatani, Kozo Takaya, Seigo Fukumoto, Yoji Osaki, Tomohiro Ikeguchi, Masahide J Gastric Cancer Case Report The peritoneum is the most frequent site of recurrence for gastric cancer after gastrectomy, followed by the liver and lymph nodes. In contrast, metastasis to the thymus is rare. Annual surveillance with computed tomography was performed on a 67-year-old man who previously underwent a distal gastrectomy and D2 lymph node dissection for gastric cancer at Tottori University. Five years after the initial operation, an anterior mediastinal tumor was detected by computed tomography. The patient underwent video-assisted thoracic surgery to remove the tumor. Histopathology revealed adenocarcinoma cells similar to those of the gastric cancer resected 5 years previously. Thymic metastasis was considered likely based on the location of the tumor. The recognition that gastric cancer can metastasize to unusual anatomic locations, such as the thymus, can facilitate an accurate, prompt diagnosis and appropriate treatment. The Korean Gastric Cancer Association 2014-09 2014-09-30 /pmc/articles/PMC4199889/ /pubmed/25328767 http://dx.doi.org/10.5230/jgc.2014.14.3.207 Text en Copyright © 2014 by The Korean Gastric Cancer Association 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 noncommercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Case Report Matsunaga, Tomoyuki Saito, Hiroaki Miyatani, Kozo Takaya, Seigo Fukumoto, Yoji Osaki, Tomohiro Ikeguchi, Masahide Gastric Adenocarcinoma with Thymic Metastasis after Curative Resection: A Case Report |
title | Gastric Adenocarcinoma with Thymic Metastasis after Curative Resection: A Case Report |
title_full | Gastric Adenocarcinoma with Thymic Metastasis after Curative Resection: A Case Report |
title_fullStr | Gastric Adenocarcinoma with Thymic Metastasis after Curative Resection: A Case Report |
title_full_unstemmed | Gastric Adenocarcinoma with Thymic Metastasis after Curative Resection: A Case Report |
title_short | Gastric Adenocarcinoma with Thymic Metastasis after Curative Resection: A Case Report |
title_sort | gastric adenocarcinoma with thymic metastasis after curative resection: a case report |
topic | Case Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4199889/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25328767 http://dx.doi.org/10.5230/jgc.2014.14.3.207 |
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