Colon carcinoma after thymectomy for myasthenia gravis: report of a case.
A 74-year-old Japanese man was admitted to our hospital with anemia, 4 years after a thymectomy for thymoma associated with myasthenia gravis. A diagnosis of sigmoid colon carcinoma was confirmed, followed by surgical resection. This case is presented to reinforce that physicians should bear in mind the possibility of extrathymic malignancies in patients with thymoma.
Tanakaya
Kohji
K
Department of Surgery, Iwakuni National Hospital, Japan.
Konaga
Eiji
E
Takeuchi
Hitoshi
H
Yasui
Yoshimasa
Y
Takeda
Akira
A
Yunoki
Yasuhiro
Y
Murakami
Ichiro
I
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000601:surgery; D012811:Sigmoid Neoplasms / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000601:surgery*; D013934:Thymectomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000601:surgery*