title: Synchronous thymoma and lung adenocarcinoma treated with a single mini-invasive approach.
abstract: A 75 year-old man with a lesion in the middle lobe of the lung was discovered to also have, during the follow-up period, a mass in the mediastinum, diagnosed as a multi-thymic cyst. Both pathologies were successfully treated with a single surgical approach by video-assisted thoracoscopy. We performed a middle VATS lobectomy with complete lymphadenectomy followed by radical thymectomy without additional incision. The postoperative course was uneventful.
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Operative Unit, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Giampiero
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Dolci
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Operative Unit, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital Bologna, Italy. Electronic address: dellamore76@libero.it.
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dell'Amore
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Operative Unit, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Nizar
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Asadi
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Operative Unit, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Guido
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Caroli
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Operative Unit, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Domenico
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Greco
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Operative Unit, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Franco
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Stella
authors.affiliation: Thoracic Surgery Operative Unit, S.Orsola-Malpighi University Hospital Bologna, Italy.
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bini
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D000368:Aged; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D016609:Neoplasms, Second Primary / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D020775:Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted; D013945:Thymoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery
keywords: Lung cancer; Minimally invasive thoracoscopic surgery; Minimally invasive thymectomy; Thymoma; VATS lobectomy