title: Thymic metastasis from lung carcinoma.
abstract: Primary thymic carcinomas are well known but thymic metastases are very rare. To our knowledge a thymic metastasis from lung carcinoma has never been reported. We report the case of a metastatic lung cancer to the thymus, five years after a lobectomy for a stage I lung adenocarcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Institut Mutualiste Montsouris, 42 Bd Jourdan, F-75014 Paris, France.
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Demondion
authors.forename: Pierre
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Validire
authors.forename: Jean
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Trédaniel
authors.forename: Dominique
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gossot
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D001706:Biopsy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D010496:Pericardium / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D011013:Pneumonectomy; D013934:Thymectomy; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000556:secondary* / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome