title: Simultaneous video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery sleeve lobectomy and thymectomy.
abstract: Thymic carcinoid tumour associated with pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma is very rare. We present a case of synchronous lung cancer and mediastinal tumour treated with simultaneous video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) sleeve lobectomy and thymectomy. A 67-year old man presented with cough and bloody sputum. Chest computed tomography showed an anterior mediastinal mass with a right hilar nodule. A right upper sleeve lobectomy and a thymectomy were performed via a VATS approach. Thymic carcinoid tumour associated with pulmonary squamous cell carcinoma was diagnosed, and the patient received adjuvant radiochemotherapy.
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Dong
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Huikang
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Xie
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China.
authors.forename: Yuming
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.affiliation: Department of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China jgnwpcn@163.com.
authors.forename: Gening
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Jiang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D059186:Chemoradiotherapy, Adjuvant; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D011013:Pneumonectomy / Q000379:methods*; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013934:Thymectomy / Q000379:methods*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
keywords: Sleeve lobectomy; Thymectomy; Thymic carcinoid tumour; Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery