Surgical Treatment of an Invasive Thymoma with Intracaval and Intracardiac Extension.
A 53-year-old male with an invasive thymoma extending to the superior vena and right atrium, presenting as superior vena cava syndrome is herein reported. However invasive thymoma with this growth pattern is extremely rare. In this case, the tumor was successfully resected via median sternotomy with cardiopulmonary bypass. After 17 months of follow-up, the patient was still free from any signs and symptoms indicative of superior vena cava syndrome, but recurrent tumor in the right pleura was observed on the follow-up chest computed tomography.
Department of Medical Imaging, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital; ; School of Medicine, Tzu Chi University; ; Tzu Chi University of Science and Technology, Hulien, Taiwan.
Kun-Eng
KE
Lim
Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Department of Surgery, Taipei Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation, New Taipei City.
Ta-Chung
TC
Shen
Invasive thymoma; Right atrium; Superior vena cava; Surgery