title: [Thymic cancer with cyst 10 years after esophagectomy].
abstract: A 65-year-old male, who had undergone an esophagectomy for esophageal cancer at the age of 53, presented a mediastinal growthing thymic cyst. The computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) demonstrated a cystic and thick wall in the anterosuperior mediastinum, and fluorodeoxyglucose-positron emission tomography (FDG-PET) showed strongly positive finding. Operation was performed and histological examination demonstrated thymic squamous carcinoma arising from thymic cyst. He underwent postoperative radiotherapy and survives 5 years after operation. As thymic cancer with thymic cyst is very rare, we presented this case with a review of the literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan.
authors.forename: Hironori
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishibashi
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Okada
authors.forename: Muneo
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Minowa
authors.forename: Tetsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sado
authors.forename: Takashi
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kondo
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000150:complications*; D016629:Esophagectomy; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008476:Mediastinal Cyst / Q000150:complications*; D011183:Postoperative Complications; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications*