INVASIVE THYMOMA WITH ENDOBRONCHIAL POLYPOID GROWTH

Authors
KONDO K UYAMA T SUMITOMO M TAKAHASHI K KIMURA S MONDEN Y
Citation
K. Kondo et al., INVASIVE THYMOMA WITH ENDOBRONCHIAL POLYPOID GROWTH, SURGERY TODAY-THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF SURGERY, 27(5), 1997, pp. 466-468
Citations number
10
Categorie Soggetti
Surgery
Journal title
SURGERY TODAY-THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF SURGERY → ACNP
ISSN journal
09411291
Volume
27
Issue
5
Year of publication
1997
Pages
466 - 468
Database
ISI
SICI code
0941-1291(1997)27:5<466:ITWEPG>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
A rare ease of invasive thymoma with endobronchial polypoid growth is presented, A 68-year-old woman presented with coughing and sputum, The chest X-ray and computed tomography (CT) findings demonstrated a larg e mass with a calcified lesion in the left hilar region. A bronchoscop ic examination showed a polypoid tumor in the left B(3)b bronchus. The tumor mas surgically resected and revealed a unique polypoid endobron chial extension. This tumor mas pathologically diagnosed to be invasiv e thymoma.