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ArticleBMC pulmonary medicine2022

Type A thymoma: a rare cause of neoplastic cardiac tamponade with long-term survival.

Mika Takashima, Kozo Kagawa, Toru Sawada, Hiroyuki Hino, Keishi Naruse, Eiji Takeuchi, Shoji Sakiyama, Tsutomu Shinohara

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Article in BMC pulmonary medicine, 2022. 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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8 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Mika TakashimaDivision of Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kochi Hospital, 1-2-25 Asakuranishimachi, Kochi, 780-8077, Japan.
Kozo KagawaDivision of Pulmonary Medicine, National Hospital Organization Kochi Hospital, 1-2-25 Asakuranishimachi, Kochi, 780-8077, Japan.
Toru SawadaDivision of Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kochi Hospital, 1-2-25 Asakuranishimachi, Kochi, 780-8077, Japan.
Hiroyuki HinoDivision of Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kochi Hospital, 1-2-25 Asakuranishimachi, Kochi, 780-8077, Japan.
Keishi NaruseDivision of Pathology, National Hospital Organization Kochi Hospital, 1-2-25 Asakuranishimachi, Kochi, 780-8077, Japan.
Eiji TakeuchiDepartment of Clinical Investigation, National Hospital Organization Kochi Hospital, 1-2-25 Asakuranishimachi, Kochi, 780-8077, Japan.
Shoji SakiyamaDivision of Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization Kochi Hospital, 1-2-25 Asakuranishimachi, Kochi, 780-8077, Japan.
Tsutomu ShinoharaDepartment of Clinical Investigation, National Hospital Organization Kochi Hospital, 1-2-25 Asakuranishimachi, Kochi, 780-8077, Japan. t-shinohara@kouseiren.ja-kochi.or.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1562-2043
National Hospital Organization Kochi National Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe prognosis of thymoma with cardiac tamponade is generally poor. Most of the reported thymomas with cardiac tamponade were type B or type AB (mixed thymoma), and cardiac tamponade due to type A thymoma, which has a better prognosis compared to type B thymoma, is extremely rare. CASE PRESENTATION: We encountered a case of cardiac tamponade in a 71-year-old male. He visited our emergency department due to exacerbation of fatigue and dyspnea on exertion that lasted for two weeks. Chest imaging revealed a large amount of pericardial fluid and a contrast-enhanced tumor with calcification in the anterior mediastinum. The patient underwent thoracoscopic tumor biopsy and pathological examinations revealed type A thymoma. In this case, long-term disease-free survival (7.5 years) was achieved by multidisciplinary treatment (preoperative chemotherapy, surgical excision, and postoperative radiation therapy), in accordance with the histological type.

conclusionsThis case indicates that neoplastic cardiac tamponade, even in elderly patients, should not necessarily be regarded as a terminal cancer and requires a systematic investigation for underlying causes.

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Cardiac TamponadePericardial EffusionThymomaThymus NeoplasmsAgedHumansMaleMediastinumCardiac tamponadeLong-term survivalMultidisciplinary treatmentType A thymoma

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PMID35733120
PMCPMC9215092
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