Invasive thymoma with endobronchial metastasis.
Endobronchial thymoma is an exceedingly rare presentation. We report a 70-year-old woman undergoing bronchoscopy for dyspnea and a computed tomographic scan believed to be most consistent with a right lower lobe neoplasm. Thoracoscopy was ultimately required for diagnosis.
Benton
Stewart M
SM
College of Medicine, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, USA.
Rogers
Raford P
RP
Reed
Carolyn E
CE
D000368:Aged; D000971:Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / Q000627:therapeutic use; D044963:Biopsy, Fine-Needle; D001980:Bronchi / Q000473:pathology; D001984:Bronchial Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D001999:Bronchoscopy; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness / Q000473:pathology; D010994:Pleura / Q000473:pathology; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary; D012086:Reoperation; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000473:pathology; D013906:Thoracoscopy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology* / Q000556:secondary*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed