ArticleBMC gastroenterology2020
Thymic carcinoma metastasize to the small intestine: a case report.
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- A rare case of tumor-to-tumor metastasis from thymic carcinoma to an ovarian mature teratoma.Thoracic cancer · 2024Article
- "An Unusual Pattern of Metastasis" Metastatic Malignant Thymoma Presented with Breast Lump: A Case Report and Literature Review.Case reports in surgery · 2023Article
- Ewing sarcoma of the ileum with wide multiorgan metastases: A case report and review of literature.World journal of gastrointestinal oncology · 2022Article
- A Rare Case of Thymic Carcinoma: Unusual Presentation of Multiple Lymph Node Metastases Masquerading as Lymphoproliferative Disorder.Journal of microscopy and ultrastructureArticle
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Abstract
backgroundThymic carcinoma is a rare mediastinal neoplasm with a high malignant potential. It often shows pleural invasion and distant metastasis. The metastasis of thymic carcinoma to the small intestine is rarely reported and difficult to distinguish from other gastrointestinal tract tumors. CASE PRESENTATION: An elderly man presented with lower abdominal pain for 2 months. Abdominal CT showed a mass communicated with the small intestinal lumen. After radical resection of the small intestinal tumor, resected specimens showed moderately differentiated squamous-cell carcinoma with lymph nodes metastases. The patient received chest CT and was found to have a mass in anterior mediastinum. Biopsies of the mass revealed thymic squamous-cell carcinoma.
conclusionsWe highlighted the metastasis of thymic carcinoma to the small intestine is rare and easily misdiagnosed. In patients with a mass communicated with the small intestinal lumen, a suspicion of thymic carcinoma metastasis should not be overlooked and we should make accurate differential diagnosis from the other small intestinal tumors.
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