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Thymic carcinoma originating from the mid‐posterior mediastinum
Author(s) -
KADOWAKI Toru,
HAMADA Hironobu,
YOKOYAMA Akihito,
KATAYAMA Hitoshi,
ARAMOTO Takayoshi,
UEDA Norifumi,
TOMIOKA Hiromi,
HIGAKI Jitsuo
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
respirology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.857
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1440-1843
pISSN - 1323-7799
DOI - 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2005.00771.x
Subject(s) - medicine , mediastinum , thymic carcinoma , posterior mediastinum , carcinoma , radiology , biopsy , pathology , immunohistochemistry , chemoradiotherapy , radiation therapy , thymoma
An unusual thymic carcinoma in a 74‐year‐old woman is described. Initial chest CT revealed a mass at the mid‐posterior mediastinum. Transbronchial fine needle biopsy of the mass failed to provide a definite diagnosis. The mass was treated as a malignant mediastinal tumour, and chemoradiotherapy was performed as initial treatment. The patient died 5 years after receiving primary treatment. The results of postmortem microscopic examination, including immunohistochemical study with CD5 antibody, were consistent with thymic carcinoma. This case is interesting in that the mid‐posterior mediastinum is the site where thymic carcinoma is least likely to originate.