Surgical Resection of Hepatic Metastasis of Thymoma.
- Author:
Jin Hwan KIM
1
;
Jong Hoon PARK
;
Kyung Rak SOHN
;
Dong Myung HUH
;
Byung Ho KIM
;
Won Sik LEE
Author Information
1. Department of Surgery, Daegu Fatima Hospital, Daegu, Korea. thdus@paran.com
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Thymoma;
Hepatic metastasis of thymoma;
Hepatectomy
- MeSH:
Abdominal Pain;
Cough;
Dyspnea;
Female;
Hepatectomy;
Humans;
Liver;
Magnetic Resonance Imaging;
Mediastinum;
Middle Aged;
Neoplasm Metastasis*;
Thymoma*;
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
- From:Journal of the Korean Surgical Society
2006;70(3):227-230
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
