Authors: Ryuichi Suemitsu Sadanori Takeo Seiya Momosaki Kiyomi Furuya
Publish Date: 2011/07/12
Volume: 41, Issue: 7, Pages: 986-988
Abstract
We report a case of basaloid carcinoma of the thymus invading the lung and pericardium The patient was a 72yearold man who suffered thoracic trauma in a fall and was taken to his family physician Computed tomography revealed a huge mediastinal tumor with cystic components pressing into the lung He was referred to our hospital where magnetic resonance imaging showed suspicious invasion of the pericardium and mediastinum We made an assumed diagnosis of a mediastinal malignancy and performed mediastinal tumor resection The tumor was adherent to the lung pericardium and left innominate vein The final pathological diagnosis was a basaloid carcinoma of the thymus Basaloid carcinoma is often a component of a multiloculated thymic cyst MTC and should be considered when MTC is identified within an anterior mediastinal tumor
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