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 in | Case reports in oncology Vol. 10; no. 1; pp. 21 - 26 |
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Main Authors | , , , , |
Format | Journal Article |
Language | English |
Published |
Basel, Switzerland
S. Karger AG
01.01.2017
Karger Publishers |
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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. |
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ISSN: | 1662-6575 1662-6575 |
DOI: | 10.1159/000455190 |