[A case of thymic carcinoma with brain metastasis].
A 43-year-old female with a thymic carcinoma spreading to the extrathorac region is reported. She had received radiation and chemotherapy, after that thymic carcinoma was extirpated. Five months later, the patient was noticed to have a right side hemiparesis, following consciousness disturbance. CT and MRI revealed a left thalamic mass with a heterogenous enhancement effect. The tumor was diminished dramatically due to radiation. Metastasis of thymic carcinoma to the central nervous system is discussed.
Kato
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H
Department of Neurosurgery, Iwaki Kyoritsu General Hospital, Fukushima, Japan.
Mashiyama
S
S
Fukawa
O
O
Sasaki
T
T
Yamane
Y
Y
Asano
S
S
D000328:Adult; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013945:Thymoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*