title: A case of encapsulated noninvasive thymoma (stage I) with myasthenia gravis showing metastasis after a 2-year dormancy.
abstract: We herein describe a case of thymoma in which metastasis to the left lower visceral and parietal pleura was noticed after a 2-year dormancy. A closer examination revealed no evidence that the metastatic tumors were of lymph node origin. The initial thymoma was well encapsulated, and thus it was thought that the development of metastasis might have reflected a sudden rapid growth of the thymoma cells after a 2-year period of inactivity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Saitama Medical Center, Saitama Medical School, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Masunaga
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sugawara
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshitake
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Nakamura
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Itoyama
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Shimoyama
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Ishidate
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013997:Time Factors