[Thymic carcinoma; report of a case].
A 52-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital because of an abnormal shadow on chest X-ray. Chest computed tomography scan and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated an anterior mediastinal tumor. The tumor was extirpated completely with combined partial resection of the left lung through a median sternotomy. Microscopically, the tumor was diagnosed thymic cancer, basaloid carcinoma. The patient was treated with combination chemotherapy and radiation, postoperatively. We reported a case of thymic carcinoma.
Muro
M
M
Department of Surgery, Fukuyama City Hospital, Fukuyama, Japan.
Kubo
S
S
Yoshioka
T
T
Idani
H
H
Ishikawa
T
T
Ishii
T
T
Asami
S
S
Kurose
Y
Y
Hirata
M
M
Yamashita
T
T
Kin
H
H
D002295:Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D003952:Diagnostic Imaging; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D013249:Sternum / Q000601:surgery; D013934:Thymectomy; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome