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ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2021

A rare case of thymoma with entire-tumor calcification.

Ayaka Asakawa, Hironori Ishibashi, Masashi Kobayashi, Toshizumi Shirai, Kenichi Okubo

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Article in Journal of surgical case reports, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Ayaka AsakawaDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-6817-1613
Hironori IshibashiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
Masashi KobayashiDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
Toshizumi ShiraiDepartment of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, Ome Municipal General Hospital, Tokyo, Japan.
Kenichi OkuboDepartment of Thoracic Surgery, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan.
Tokyo Medical and Dental University · JPOme Municipal General Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A 49-year-old woman presented with cough, and chest X-rays showed an abnormal shadow. Chest computed tomography showed an anterior mediastinal 40-mm mass with massive calcification. The patient underwent mediastinal tumor excision performed using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. Pathological findings revealed the tumor to be a type B3 thymoma, with massive calcification occupying almost all of the thymoma. Due to high risk of recurrence, we performed completion thymectomy. Pathological findings revealed no remaining thymoma tissue in the residual thymus. Mediastinal tumor with entire calcification could be a candidate for surgical excision.

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