title: Surgically treated aggressive mediastinal sarcoma: a tumor of possible thymic origin.
abstract: True sarcoma of thymus has no epithelial component. This tumor behaves aggressively with invasion of adjacent structures. Only a few anecdotal case reports of this tumor are found in the English-language literature, and they describe a poor outcome. This case report describes a rapidly growing thymic sarcoma diagnosed at an advanced stage with a compressive effect on the heart. The tumor was resected en bloc with adjacent invaded structures.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgical Disciplines, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi 110029, India.
authors.forename: Roman
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Dutta
authors.forename: Arvind
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kumar
authors.forename: Umashankkar
authors.initials: U
authors.lastname: Kannan
authors.forename: Amar Pal
authors.initials: AP
authors.lastname: Bhalla
authors.forename: Seema
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaushal
authors.forename: Pramod Kumar
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Julka
mesh_terms: D001706:Biopsy; D017024:Chemotherapy, Adjuvant; D006801:Humans; D008479:Mediastinal Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D010492:Pericardiectomy; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D018714:Radiotherapy, Adjuvant; D012509:Sarcoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D056346:Sternotomy; D013908:Thoracotomy; D013934:Thymectomy; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome