title: [Re-operation for relapsed thymic carcinoid; report of a case].
abstract: A 68-year-old male patient underwent extended thymectomy via median sternotomy, 4 years ago. The pathological diagnosis was thymic atypical carcinoid having invaded the pleura and vessel. During follow-up, the new nodular shadows in the anterior mediastinum were pointed out by a chest computed tomography (CT) scan, 40×38 mm and 11×10 mm in size. We performed again tumor resection and resection of pleural disseminations. The patient was free of clinically evident recurrence 3 years after treatment.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, National Hospital Organization Asahikawa Medical Center, Asahikawa, Japan.
authors.forename: Hiroyuki
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nagase
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Honmou
authors.forename: Kazunori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Watanabe
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maeda
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local; D011379:Prognosis; D012086:Reoperation; D013934:Thymectomy; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality* / Q000601:surgery*