title: Thymic carcinoma with adenoid cystic carcinomalike features with distant metastases.
abstract: Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC), which is a subtype of the nonpapillary adenocarcinoma of the thymus, is extremely rare. We report a patient with thymic carcinoma with ACC-like features presented with multiple bone and pulmonary metastases that underwent surgery. The present case firstly demonstrated that thymic carcinoma with ACC-like features could have metastatic potential.
authors.affiliation: Departments of General Thoracic Surgery, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Habikino, Osaka, Japan. rkanzaki@tj8.so-net.ne.jp
authors.forename: Ryu
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kanzaki
authors.forename: Naoki
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Ikeda
authors.forename: Eiji
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Okura
authors.forename: Naoto
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Kitahara
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Okimura
authors.forename: Kunimitsu
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kawahara
authors.forename: Mitsunori
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohta
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001859:Bone Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D013945:Thymoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery