Asymptomatic pelvic metastasis from thymic carcinoma: a case report

Case Rep Oncol. 2014 Jul 2;7(2):422-5. doi: 10.1159/000365187. eCollection 2014 May.

Abstract

Thymic epithelial tumors are rare and often occur somewhere local. Metastatic sites of thymic carcinomas (Masaoka-Koga stage IVb) are mostly seen in the lung, liver and brain. We report a 64-year-old female with an initial diagnosis of thymoma B3 who first showed thoracic recurrences and then an asymptomatic isolated pelvic metastasis from her thymic carcinoma.

Keywords: Extrathoracic metastasis; Pelvic metastasis; Positron emission tomography; Thymic carcinoma; Thymoma.

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  • Case Reports