Ibuki Yuta, Okami Jiro, Tomita Yasuhiko, Fujiwara Ayako, Kanou Takashi, Tokunaga Toshiteru, Higashiyama Masahiko
Department of General Thoracic Surgery, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, 1-3-3 Nakamichi Higashinari, Osaka 5378511, Japan.
J Cardiothorac Surg. 2014 May 2;9:77. doi: 10.1186/1749-8090-9-77.
Thymic carcinoma is a rare malignant neoplasm. We present a Japanese case of papillary carcinoma of thymus in a 64-year-old man that invaded into subcutaneous tissue penetrating the sternum. We describe the clinical and pathologic features of this extremely rare thymic epithelial tumor, with disease-free survival at three years of follow-up.
胸腺癌是一种罕见的恶性肿瘤。我们报告一例64岁日本男性的胸腺乳头状癌病例,该肿瘤侵犯皮下组织并穿透胸骨。我们描述了这种极其罕见的胸腺上皮肿瘤的临床和病理特征,患者随访三年无病生存。