Open AccessThymic epithelial tumors and metastasis to the brain: a case series and systematic review
Author(s) -
Helen Gharwan,
Chul Kim,
Anish Thomas,
Arlene Berman,
Sun A. Kim,
Nadia Biassou,
Seth M. Steinberg,
Arun Rajan
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
translational lung cancer research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 2226-4477
pISSN - 2218-6751
DOI - 10.21037/tlcr.2017.08.06
Subject(s) - medicine , thymoma , brain metastasis , thymic carcinoma , radiation therapy , metastasis , cancer , radiology , carcinoma , oncology , pathology
Thymic epithelial tumors (TETs) rarely metastasize to the brain. Clinico-pathologic features of TET patients with brain metastasis are not well described.
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