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ArticleAME case reports2019

A rare case of ectopic chest-wall thymoma: a case report.

Xiong Cao, Ruijiang Lin, Biao Han, Chang Chen

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Article in AME case reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 2 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Ectopic thymoma: report of 2 cases and review of the literature.International journal of clinical and experimental pathology · 2019
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Xiong CaoDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730030, China.
Ruijiang LinDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730030, China.
Biao HanDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, The First Hospital of Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730030, China.
Chang ChenDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai 200433, China.
First Hospital of Lanzhou University · CNShanghai Pulmonary Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Ectopic extrathoracic thymoma is an uncommon clinical entity that has only been described sporadically, and most of them are ectopic hamartomatous thymomas or ectopic cervical thymomas. Here a case of 32-year-old woman with an ectopic thymoma was presented, which was found in right armpit and a postoperative diagnosis of 2018 World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed type B1, modified Masaoka stage I tumor was obtained. The patient had no symptoms of myasthenia or other immune disorders but once misdiagnosed as supernumerary breast. Tumor resection was performed and the tumor was completely removed. To our knowledge, this is a novel report that ectopic thymoma exists on chest wall and type B1 was confirmed according to 2018 WHO histological classification.

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PMID31231719
PMCPMC6556676
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