Complete excision and panpleuropneumonectomy resulting in long-term survival for a teenager with invasive thymoma: report of a case.
An 18-year-old girl with invasive thymoma and pleural dissemination underwent a complete removal of the tumor with combined resection of the pericardium and a panpleuropneumonectomy of the left lung. At the time of writing, 70 months later, she was doing well under the classification of grade I performance status with no signs of recurrence. Thus, complete surgical removal of this tumor can prolong the survival time of patients with invasive thymoma and pleural dissemination.
Nakahashi
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Department of Surgery, Respiratory Disease Center, National Oita Hospital, Japan.
Maeo
S
S
Osaki
T
T
Dobashi
K
K
Horiuchi
Y
Y
Miyazaki
Y
Y
D000293:Adolescent; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000473:pathology; D010496:Pericardium / Q000601:surgery; D010994:Pleura / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*