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Thymoma with distant intrathoracic implants, with CT confirmation
Author(s) -
McCrea Erlinda S.,
Maslar Judith A.
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(19821015)50:8<1612::aid-cncr2820500825>3.0.co;2-w
Subject(s) - medicine , thymoma , mediastinal mass , radiology , mediastinal tumor , computed tomography , mass/lesion , thymus neoplasm , lesion , respiratory disease , anterior mediastinum , mediastinum , surgery , lung
A 52‐year‐old woman with a history of myasthenia presented with an anterior mediastinal mass and three other apparent pleural‐based lesions on the side of the mediastinal lesion. These masses were confirmed by computed tomography and believed to represent distant intrathoracic implants from the presumed mediastinal thymoma. This knowledge directed proper surgical approach and clinical management in this patient, now free of disease four years later.