Intrapulmonary metastasis developing eighteen years after complete resection of thymoma

Jpn J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2006 Jul;54(7):289-92. doi: 10.1007/pl00022255.

Abstract

We present a case of intrapulmonary metastasis developing 18 years after complete resection of thymoma. An 8 mm nodule in the lower lobe of the left lung was noted on chest X-ray in a 76-year-old woman who had undergone complete resection of Masaoka's stage II thymoma 18 years earlier. Since the nodule grew to 17 mm during a 2-year follow-up, wedge resection was performed. The lesion was histologically diagnosed as an intrapulmonary metastasis from thymoma. Extremely late recurrence after complete resection of thymoma is discussed.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Aged
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Lung Neoplasms / surgery
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / pathology
  • Mediastinal Neoplasms / surgery
  • Neoplasm Recurrence, Local
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Reoperation
  • Thoracotomy
  • Thymectomy*
  • Thymoma / secondary*
  • Thymoma / surgery*
  • Thymus Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Thymus Neoplasms / surgery*