Extended thymectomy, left pneumonectomy, pericardiectomy and partial pleurectomy for a large thymoma, using only a median sternotomy

We present a case of a large thymoma with invasion to the hilum of the lung and pleural dissemination. A 58-year-old woman was diagnosed with a type B2 thymoma, with suspected pericardium, pulmonary artery and left lung invasion and pleural metastasis (Masaoka-Koga stage IVb). A radical resection wa...

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Autores principales: Cruz, Jorge, Sena, André, Carvalheiro, Catarina, Ferreira, Ricardo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elsevier 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5511592/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28711822
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijscr.2017.06.021