title: Asymptomatic pelvic metastasis from thymic carcinoma: a case report.
abstract: Thymic epithelial tumors are rare and often occur somewhere local. Metastatic sites of thymic carcinomas (Masaoka-Koga stage IVb) are mostly seen in the lung, liver and brain. We report a 64-year-old female with an initial diagnosis of thymoma B3 who first showed thoracic recurrences and then an asymptomatic isolated pelvic metastasis from her thymic carcinoma.
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Hôpital Calmette CHRU, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Ecaterina
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Surmei-Pintilie
authors.affiliation: Département De Cancérologie Gynécologique, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Fabrice
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Narducci
authors.affiliation: Département De Unité de Pathologie Morphologique et Moléculaire, CLCC Oscar Lambret, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Isabelle
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Farre
authors.affiliation: Département De Médecine nucléaire, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Helene
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kolesnikov-Gauthier
authors.affiliation: Département De D'Imagerie Médicale, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Thomas
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Boulanger
authors.affiliation: Département De Centre de Biologie-Pathologie, CHRU, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Stephanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Petit
authors.affiliation: Service de Chirurgie Thoracique, Hôpital Calmette CHRU, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Henri
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Porte
authors.affiliation: Département De Cancérologie Générale, CLCC Oscar Lambret, Lille, France.
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Dansin
keywords: Extrathoracic metastasis; Pelvic metastasis; Positron emission tomography; Thymic carcinoma; Thymoma