Uemura M, Higashiyama M, Okami J, Oda K, Takami K, Kodama K. Intrapulmonary metastasis developing eighteen years after complete resection of thymoma.
ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2006;
54:289-92. [PMID:
16898642 DOI:
10.1007/pl00022255]
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Abstract
We present a case of intrapulmonary metastasis developing 18 years after complete resection of thymoma. An 8 mm nodule in the lower lobe of the left lung was noted on chest X-ray in a 76-year-old woman who had undergone complete resection of Masaoka's stage II thymoma 18 years earlier. Since the nodule grew to 17 mm during a 2-year follow-up, wedge resection was performed. The lesion was histologically diagnosed as an intrapulmonary metastasis from thymoma. Extremely late recurrence after complete resection of thymoma is discussed.
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