Multiple pleuropericardial implants of thymoma after videothoracoscopic resection.
The case of a 49-year-old man with multiple pleuropericardial implants of B2 thymoma is reported. Two years earlier, the patient had undergone left videothoracoscopic (VATS) resection of a 6-cm thymoma in another hospital. The operative report describes a technically correct procedure with morcellation of the lesion within a retrieval thoracoscopic bag. Through a standard thoracotomy, 11 implants were resected with macroscopically complete tumor removal. The origin of cell spillage was ascribed to manipulation of the thymoma during VATS resection.
Vannucci
Jacopo
J
Thoracic Surgery Unit, University of Perugia Medical School, Ospedale S. Maria della Misericordia, Perugia, Italy. jacopovannucci@tiscali.it
Pecoriello
Roberta
R
Ragusa
Mark
M
Puma
Francesco
F
D006338:Heart Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009366:Neoplasm Seeding; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D049268:Positron-Emission Tomography; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / Q000009:adverse effects*; D013908:Thoracotomy; D013945:Thymoma / Q000556:secondary / Q000601:surgery*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome