A CASE OF ENCAPSULATED NONINVASIVE THYMOMA (STAGE-I) WITH MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS SHOWING METASTASIS AFTER A 2-YEAR DORMANCY

Authors
MASUNAGA A SUGAWARA I YOSHITAKE T NAKAMURA H ITOYAMA S SHIMOYAMA N ISHIDATE T
Citation
A. Masunaga et al., A CASE OF ENCAPSULATED NONINVASIVE THYMOMA (STAGE-I) WITH MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS SHOWING METASTASIS AFTER A 2-YEAR DORMANCY, SURGERY TODAY-THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 25(4), 1995, pp. 369-372
Citations number
NO
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
SURGERY TODAY-THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF SURGERY → ACNP
ISSN journal
09411291
Volume
25
Issue
4
Year of publication
1995
Pages
369 - 372
Database
ISI
SICI code
0941-1291(1995)25:4<369:ACOENT>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
We herein describe a case of thymoma in which metastasis to the left l ower visceral and parietal pleura was noticed after a 2-year dormancy. A closer examination revealed no evidence that the metastatic tumors were of lymph node origin. The initial thymoma was well encapsulated, and thus it was thought that the development of metastasis might have reflected a sudden rapid growth of the thymoma cells after a 2-year pe riod of inactivity.