Metastatic Thymoma of the Breast.
- Author:
Sung Mok KIM
1
;
Eun Young KO
;
Boo Kyung HAN
;
Jung Hee SHIN
;
Seok Seon KANG
;
Seok Jin NAM
;
Eun Yoon CHO
Author Information
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords: Breast neoplasm; Breast metastasis; Metastatic thymoma; Recurrent thymoma
- MeSH: Breast Neoplasms/diagnosis/*secondary/surgery; Female; Humans; Magnetic Resonance Imaging; Middle Aged; Thymoma/diagnosis/*secondary/surgery; Thymus Neoplasms/diagnosis/*pathology/surgery; Tomography, X-Ray Computed; Ultrasonography, Mammary
- From:Korean Journal of Radiology 2008;9(1):80-83
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
- Abstract: Breast metastasis from nonmammary malignant neoplasms is uncommon, and it accounts for approximately 2% of all breast tumors. Distant metastasis of thymoma is very rare, and especially to extrathorcic areas. We report a female who had a metastatic thymoma in her breast 20 years after undergoing resection for a non-invasive thymoma. She presented with a palpable mass in her left breast. Mammography and ultrasonogram showed a lobular mass at the anterior glandular portion. Histological examination after surgical excision revealed a metastatic thymoma.
