Giant ossifying malignant thymoma in a child
| Autor: | David Juang, Shawn D. St. Peter, Jai Bikhchandani, James E. O'Brien, Maxine Hetherington, Patricia A. Valusek |
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| Rok vydání: | 2010 |
| Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
Thymoma medicine.medical_treatment hemic and lymphatic diseases Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols Humans Medicine Thoracotomy Child Neoadjuvant therapy Chemotherapy Malignant Thymoma business.industry Ossification Ossification Heterotopic Cancer Thymus Neoplasms General Medicine medicine.disease Neoadjuvant Therapy Surgery Median sternotomy Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Female medicine.symptom business |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Pediatric Surgery. 45:e31-e34 |
| ISSN: | 0022-3468 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.06.021 |
| Popis: | We present the first reported case of an ossifying pediatric thymoma. Our patient was diagnosed with a massive thymoma replacing the whole of the left thoracic cavity. Percutaneous biopsy was attempted 3 times followed by an open incisional biopsy and adjuvant chemotherapy. Complete resection required a median sternotomy and a "trap door" thoracotomy after the tumor failed to respond to chemotherapy. Histology confirmed World Health Organization type B1 lymphocyte-rich thymoma, Masaoka stage I, with extensive osseous metaplasia. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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