Kim Sung Mok, Ko Eun Young, Han Boo Kyung, Shin Jung Hee, Kang Seok Seon, Nam Seok Jin, Cho Eun Yoon
Department of Radiology and the Center for Imaging Science, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Kangnam-Gu, Seoul, Korea.
Korean J Radiol. 2008 Jan-Feb;9(1):80-3. doi: 10.3348/kjr.2008.9.1.80.
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.