Fatal ectopic thymoma.
We present the case of a patient who died of thymoma-induced immunological dysfunction. The neoplasm was unsuspected antemortem because of its location adjacent to the right hemidiaphragm. This appears to be the most caudad ectopic position yet encountered for a thymoma.
Jansen
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Department of Surgery, St. Louis University Medical Center, Missouri 63110-0250.
Johnson
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002828:Choristoma; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013899:Thoracic Neoplasms; D013945:Thymoma; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms