2.Constrictive Pericarditis due to Thymic Cancer Developed 17 Years after Resection of Thymoma with Myasthenia Gravis
Yuuki Kou ; Hajime Matsue ; Tetsuya Kajiyama ; Masaru Ishida ; Hisashi Satoh ; Hikaru Matsuda
Japanese Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2017;46(6):277-281
It is reported that myasthenia gravis (MG) with thymoma occupy 20% of all MG and extended thymectomy is recommended. After having operation, it is rare, but cases of recurrence of thymoma and, what is worse, thymic cancer from residual thymus tissue are reported. A 69-year-old man came to our hospital to have his dyspnea level examined. He had a past history of MG with thymoma and he had undergone extended thymectomy 17 years previously. Enhanced CT showed pericardial thickening and many tumors in the epicardium. Catheterization study showed dip and plateau pattern of left ventricular pressure. We therefore diagnosed constrictive pericarditis (CP). We performed pericardiectomy under cardiopulmonary bypass. He was discharged ambulatorily on postoperative day 24. Histological findings of the tumor and the pericardium showed that they were dissemination of thymic cancer. It was considered that thymic cancer caused CP and it was an extremely rare case. We think this is the first report to the best of our knowledge.
3.Twenty years of otsu medical stucents association since 1969.
Michiya Ohtaka ; Tsuyoshi Ikai ; Shinji Fushiki ; Kiyoaki Kitamura ; Yasuyuki Tatsugami ; Junichiro Morikawa ; Yoshio Nakamura ; Takeshi Aoyama ; Tetsuya Yoshikawa ; Akira Matsuda ; Yoshifumi Yokota ; Takuzo Nambu ; Takeshi Moridera ; Nobuki Yamaoka ; Hiroyuki Naito ; Fumikazu Ikeda ; Hiroyuki Furukawa ; Hiroshi Yakushigawa ; Hiroshi Fujimoto ; Kishiko Hayashi ; Tsuyoshi Ohtaka ; Noboru Takano ; Yoshie Ibuki ; Tsutomu Yamanaka ; Akira Matsuda
Medical Education 1991;22(2):115-120