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20425550

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2010-4-28
pubmed:abstractText
We report three cases of synchronous multiple thymoma diagnosed at a single hospital during the 10 years since 1999. Two were accompanied by myasthenia gravis (MG). In two patients, two thymomas were detected by preoperative computed tomography (CT), and in one, a microthymoma was found incidentally on pathologic examination of a resected specimen for gross thymoma and thymus. The multiple lesions were located in the thymus, and extended thymectomy was performed via median sternotomy in all three patients. The World Health Organization subtypes of the multiple thymomas were identical in each patient; however, all were considered to be primary lesions since the larger one was well encapsulated and each tumor was apparently separated. The Masaoka stage was classified as I/I, I/I, and I/II, respectively. Postoperative clinical courses were uneventful and no recurrence was observed in any of the patients. We reviewed 16 reported cases of synchronous multiple thymoma, and discuss the pathogenesis and treatment of this unusual entity.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
1436-2813
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
40
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
456-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2010
pubmed:articleTitle
Synchronous multiple thymoma: report of three cases.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, 1-8-1 Inohana, Chuo-ku, Chiba, 260-8670, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports