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Rare case of subcarinal thymic carcinoma in the middle mediastinum
We report an extremely rare case of a thymic carcinoma occurring in the subcarinal location of the middle mediastinum, masquerading as subcarinal adenopathy. A 6.2 × 5 cm mass was detected on computed tomography scan and found to be hypermetabolic on positron emission tomography scan. Transbronchial...
| Autores principales: | , , , |
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2015
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4374093/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25813154 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv030 |
| Sumario: | We report an extremely rare case of a thymic carcinoma occurring in the subcarinal location of the middle mediastinum, masquerading as subcarinal adenopathy. A 6.2 × 5 cm mass was detected on computed tomography scan and found to be hypermetabolic on positron emission tomography scan. Transbronchial biopsy was performed and the mass was found to be suspicious for malignancy. A thoracoscopic resection of the mass was performed and found to be thymic carcinoma. The patient underwent a course of adjuvant radiation. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first reported case of a thymic carcinoma resected from the middle mediastinum. |
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