Primary Intrapulmonary Thymoma Presenting as a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule

Primary intrapulmonary thymoma (PIT) is a very rare lesion of uncertain pathogenesis. PIT should be considered when the histopathological appearance of a lung tumor shows features that are uncommon but similar to those of a thymoma. In this case report, we discuss the case of a 59-year-old female wi...

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Autores principales: Jung, Woohyun, Kang, Chang Hyun, Kim, Young Tae, Park, In Kyu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2017
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5295486/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28180106
http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2017.50.1.54
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author Jung, Woohyun
Kang, Chang Hyun
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description Primary intrapulmonary thymoma (PIT) is a very rare lesion of uncertain pathogenesis. PIT should be considered when the histopathological appearance of a lung tumor shows features that are uncommon but similar to those of a thymoma. In this case report, we discuss the case of a 59-year-old female with a solitary pulmonary nodule that was confirmed to be PIT on the basis of pathological tests. Treatment with complete resection showed good results.
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spelling pubmed-52954862017-02-08 Primary Intrapulmonary Thymoma Presenting as a Solitary Pulmonary Nodule Jung, Woohyun Kang, Chang Hyun Kim, Young Tae Park, In Kyu Korean J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg Case Report Primary intrapulmonary thymoma (PIT) is a very rare lesion of uncertain pathogenesis. PIT should be considered when the histopathological appearance of a lung tumor shows features that are uncommon but similar to those of a thymoma. In this case report, we discuss the case of a 59-year-old female with a solitary pulmonary nodule that was confirmed to be PIT on the basis of pathological tests. Treatment with complete resection showed good results. The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery 2017-02 2017-02-05 /pmc/articles/PMC5295486/ /pubmed/28180106 http://dx.doi.org/10.5090/kjtcs.2017.50.1.54 Text en Copyright © 2017 by The Korean Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery. All rights Reserved. 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 unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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