Thymoma Metastasis to the Semimembranosus Muscle

Thymoma is the most common thymic epithelial tumor whose classification was first introduced in 1999. Type B2 thymoma is considered a moderate/high-risk tumor; however, extrathoracic metastases are extremely rare with limited reports to date. In this report, we present a rare thymoma metastasis to t...

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Published inCase reports in oncology Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 21 - 26
Main Authors Taniguchi, Kenta, Susa, Michiro, Ogata, Sho, Ozeki, Yuichi, Chiba, Kazuhiro
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Basel, Switzerland S. Karger AG 01.01.2017
Karger Publishers
Subjects
Calcification
Case Report
Case reports
Extrathoracic metastasis
Lung cancer
Lymphatic system
Medical prognosis
Metastasis
Musculoskeletal system
NMR
Nuclear magnetic resonance
Semimembranosus muscle
Surgery
Thoracic surgery
Thymoma
Tumors
Japan
Thymoma
Extrathoracic metastasis
Semimembranosus muscle
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Summary:Thymoma is the most common thymic epithelial tumor whose classification was first introduced in 1999. Type B2 thymoma is considered a moderate/high-risk tumor; however, extrathoracic metastases are extremely rare with limited reports to date. In this report, we present a rare thymoma metastasis to the semimembranosus muscle, which was resected with a wide margin after confirmation by open biopsy. At the final follow-up after 1 year, no local recurrence has been observed.
ISSN:1662-6575
1662-6575
DOI:10.1159/000455190