A Case of Mucoepidermoid Carcinoma of the Thymus with a Thymic Cyst

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  • Shiina Yuki
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Chiba Medical Center
  • Yoshino Mitsuru
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Chiba Medical Center
  • Maruoka Miki
    Department of Respiratory Medicine, National Hospital Organization Chiba Medical Center
  • Nagai Yuuichirou
    Department of Pathology, National Hospital Organization Chiba Medical Center
  • Saitoh Yukio
    Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Chiba Medical Center

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  • 胸腺嚢胞に合併した胸腺原発粘表皮癌の1切除例
  • A case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thymus with a thymic cyst [In Japanese]

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Abstract

<p>Background. Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thymus is an extremely rare malignant mediastinal neoplasm. Case. We herein report the case of an asymptomatic 29-year-old man with mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thymus. Chest radiography revealed an anterior mediastinal mass. Computed tomography of the chest demonstrated multiple 62×38×74 mm cystic masses with a focally-enhanced solid portion. Tumor resection was performed, and the pathological diagnosis was mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thymus with a thymic cyst. Conclusion. We experienced a case of mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thymus with a thymic cyst. At the time of writing, the patient remains alive without recurrence at 16 months after surgery.</p>

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  • Haigan

    Haigan 56 (7), 1017-1021, 2016

    The Japan Lung Cancer Society

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