J Korean Surg Soc.
2006 Mar;70(3):227-230.
Surgical Resection of Hepatic Metastasis of Thymoma
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Surgery, Daegu Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea. thdus@paran.com
- 2Department of Pathology, Daegu Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea.
- 3Department of Chest Surgery, Daegu Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea.
- 4Department of Hemato-Oncology, Daegu Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea.
Abstract
- The thymoma with extrathoracic metastasis is an exceedingly rare malady. We report here on the surgical resection and the pathologic findings of liver metastasis from an invasive thymoma in a 57-year-old female. In 1998, a benign thymoma in the anterosuperior mediastinum was removed from the patient and then postoperative radiation therapy was given. After 6 years, the patient complained of dyspnea, dry cough and abdominal pain. Abdominal CT and MRI showed an encapsulated and septated 19 x 14 cm sized cystic mass in the right liver. Right hepatectomy was done and it was shown to be a metastatic thymoma. An extensive literature review has revealed only a few cases of surgical resection of liver metastasis in a patient with invasive thymoma.
