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15651404

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PredicateObject
rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-1-17
pubmed:abstractText
A 59-year-old man presented with a large anterior mediastinal mass. A computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging showed a well-circumscribed cystic mass, 12 cm in size adjacent to the heart border and superior vena cava (SVC). A CT guided needle biopsy was performed, and instead of detecting malignant tissues but finding that gray muddy fluid was suctioned, suggesting cystic teratoma. At surgery, the tumor was confirmed advanced thymic carcinoma with pleural dissemination, then the tumor was extirpated with resection of SVC, followed by 2 cycles of chemotherapy. Histologically, the cystic wall was lined with malignant cells. We herein present a diagnostic pitfall case of thymic carcinoma having a large cystic component with which rare association should be recognized.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
1344-4964
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
52
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
574-6
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Thymic carcinoma with a large cystic lesion.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Toneyama National Hospital, Toyonaka, Osaka, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports