Patella Miriam, Anile Marco, Vitolo Domenico, Venuta Federico
Department of Thoracic Surgery, University of Rome Sapienza, Rome, Italy.
Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2011 Jan;12(1):75-6. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2010.253997. Epub 2010 Oct 18.
The association between thymic tumors and other intrathoracic or extrathoracic neoplasms is relatively rare; the synchronous occurrence of thymoma and bronchoalveolar carcinoma of the lung has never been described so far. A huge B3 cystic thymoma was found at thoracotomy to be associated with stage IV bronchoalveolar carcinoma (intraparenchymal and pleural metastases). The thymic tumor was completely resected; lung cancer was biopsied only for diagnosis and staging purposes. After an uneventful postoperative course the patient underwent chemotherapy; she is still alive and well one year after surgery.
胸腺瘤与其他胸内或胸外肿瘤之间的关联相对少见；胸腺瘤与肺支气管肺泡癌同时发生的情况迄今尚未见报道。在开胸手术中发现一个巨大的B3型囊性胸腺瘤与IV期支气管肺泡癌（实质内及胸膜转移）相关。胸腺肿瘤被完整切除；肺癌仅为诊断和分期目的进行了活检。术后过程平稳，患者接受了化疗；术后一年她仍然健在。
