Thymic metastasis from lung carcinoma

被引:4
作者
Demondion, Pierre [1 ]
Validire, Pierre [2 ]
Tredaniel, Jean [3 ]
Gossot, Dominique [1 ]
机构
[1] Inst Mutualiste Montsouris, Dept Thorac Surg, F-75014 Paris, France
[2] Inst Mutualiste Montsouris, Dept Pathol, F-75014 Paris, France
[3] St Joseph Hosp, Unit Thorac Oncol, F-75010 Paris, France
关键词
Thymus; Lung adenocarcinoma; Metastasis;
D O I
10.1510/icvts.2010.257030
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Primary thymic carcinomas are well known but thymic metastases are very rare. To our knowledge a thymic metastasis from lung carcinoma has never been reported. We report the case of a metastatic lung cancer to the thymus, five years after a lobectomy for a stage I lung adenocarcinoma. (C) 2011 Published by European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.
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页码:848 / 849
页数:2
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