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ArticleJournal of thoracic disease2017

Ectopic thymoma managed by neck dissection & video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy.

John K Peel, Eitan Prisman, Tony L Ng, Anna L McGuire

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Article in Journal of thoracic disease, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

John K PeelFaculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Eitan PrismanFaculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Tony L NgFaculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
Anna L McGuireFaculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada.
University of British Columbia · CAVancouver Coastal Health Research Institute · CAVancouver General Hospital · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ectopic thymoma in the neck is a rare phenomenon, with fewer than 20 cases reported worldwide. Evidence for management of ectopic thymoma comes from literature for mediastinal thymoma despite clinical features that distinguish the two. Here we present a case of a 31-year-old female with an asymptomatic neck mass who was found to have an ectopic cervical thymoma with concomitant mediastinal thymic hyperplasia. The decision was made to perform a left-sided neck dissection and a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) thymectomy. We suggest that this approach be considered for a minimally invasive management of this rare but important condition.

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ectopic thymomaneck dissectionThymomavideo-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS)

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PMID29312764
PMCPMC5757049
OpenAlexW2769231704

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