Low H M, Wong C F, H'ng M W
Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Department of Diagnostic Radiology, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308 433.
Tan Tock Seng Hospital, Department of of Pathology, 11 Jalan Tan Tock Seng, Singapore 308 433.
Med J Malaysia. 2016 Dec;71(6):368-369.
We report a case of metastatic thymic carcinoma which presented as an enhancing mass located in the neural foramen of the thoracic spine. More common tumours which arise in the neural foramen would include a neurogenic tumour or developmental anomalies such as a foregut duplication cyst. This case is singular firstly because the lesion present as radiculopathy which mimics a neurogenic tumour. Secondly, the presentation was unusually delayed as the patient presented to our centre more than a decade after the resection of the primary tumour in another institution.
我们报告一例转移性胸腺癌，表现为位于胸椎神经孔的强化肿块。起源于神经孔的更常见肿瘤包括神经源性肿瘤或发育异常，如前肠重复囊肿。该病例独特之处首先在于病变表现为神经根病，酷似神经源性肿瘤。其次，表现出现异常延迟，因为患者在另一机构切除原发肿瘤十多年后才到我们中心就诊。
