[Malignant thymoma with myasthenia gravis and hepatic metastasis. Report of a case and review of the literature].
This paper reports a case of an histological non aggressive thymoma with myasthenic symptoms as the first clinical manifestation. Three years after its complete surgical resection liver metastases appeared without evidence of intrathoracic neoplastic disease. The extrathoracic metastases are uncommon and the thymomatous myasthenia gravis is present in 25 to 50% of cases. We reviewed the literature and analyzed its clinical pathological characteristics and therapeutics approach.
Nieves
M A
MA
Departamento de Gastroenterología, Hospital Militar Dr. Carlos Arvelo, Caracas.
Sulbarán
J A
JA
Garassini
M A
MA
Villarroel
O
O
Tabares
A
A
Méndez
X
X
De Franco
A M
AM
Gaona
C
C
D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008482:Mediastinum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000209:etiology*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014463:Ultrasonography
Timoma maligno con miastenia gravis y metástasis hepáticas. Presentación de un caso y revisión de la literatura.