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...

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Autores principales: Vernon, Jordyn, Schieman, Colin, Schneider, Laura, Hanna, Waël C.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2015
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Case Reports
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
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Schieman, Colin
Schneider, Laura
Hanna, Waël C.
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description 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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spelling pubmed-43740932015-03-30 Rare case of subcarinal thymic carcinoma in the middle mediastinum Vernon, Jordyn Schieman, Colin Schneider, Laura Hanna, Waël C. J Surg Case Rep Case Reports 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. Oxford University Press 2015-03-26 /pmc/articles/PMC4374093/ /pubmed/25813154 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjv030 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author 2015. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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title_short Rare case of subcarinal thymic carcinoma in the middle mediastinum
title_sort rare case of subcarinal thymic carcinoma in the middle mediastinum
topic Case Reports
url 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
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