[Post-thymectomy extrathymic tumors].
The Authors report the case of a 78 year old woman affected with two synchronous primary cancers (epidermoid bronchial and rectal adenocarcinoma); 16 years previously, after the discovery of a thymoma, she underwent thymectomy. Thus, the discussion issue is if post-thymectomy extra-thymic malignancies are to be considered just a simple coincidence or a true syndrome.
Berretta
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Dipartimento di Chirurgia, Università degli Studi di Catania.
D'Agata
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Italia
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Marino
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Barbagallo
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Berretta
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Serra
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D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology*; D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000601:surgery*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*