Thymic metastasis from prostatic carcinoma: report of a case.
The thymus is an important organ involved in cell-mediated immunological function, and to our knowledge, there has never been a case of thymic metastasis reported. We recently examined a 65-year-old man who presented at our department with a cough and shortness of breath on exertion. He had a history of prostatic carcinoma for which he had undergone an orchiectomy 11 years previously. Investigations disclosed a mediastinal tumor, 14 x 9 cm in size, and histological examination of the resected tumor confirmed a diagnosis of thymic metastasis from prostatic carcinoma.
Hayashi
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First Department of Surgery, Hiroshima University School of Medicine, Japan.
Hamanaka
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Sueda
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Yonehara
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Matsuura
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000556:secondary*; D013997:Time Factors