title: Ectopic primary pleural thymoma: report of a case.
abstract: We herein report an 83-year-old man who presented with a pleural tumor in the right thorax. The tumor was surgically resected and histopathologically diagnosed as ectopic primary pleural thymoma lacking any evidence of a mediastinal tumor. The clinicopathological aspects of this unusual thymoma are also discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Center for Adult Diseases, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Higashiyama
authors.forename: O
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kodama
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Yokouchi
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tateishi
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kuriyama
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D018949:Antigens, CD1 / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008297:Male; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013945:Thymoma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery
chemical_list: D018949:Antigens, CD1