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ArticleSurgical case reports2022

A spontaneous reduction in tumor size of a thymic carcinoma: a case report.

Shoei Kuroki, Takanori Ayabe, Hiroyuki Tanaka, Hiroshi Nakada, Ryo Maeda

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Article in Surgical case reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Shoei KurokiDepartment of Thoracic and Breast Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Kihara 5200, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan.
Takanori AyabeDepartment of Thoracic and Breast Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Kihara 5200, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan.
Hiroyuki TanakaDepartment of Pathology, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
Hiroshi NakadaDepartment of Radiology, University of Miyazaki, Miyazaki, Japan.
Ryo MaedaDepartment of Thoracic and Breast Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Miyazaki, Kihara 5200, Kiyotake, Miyazaki, 889-1692, Japan. ryo_maeda@med.miyazaki-u.ac.jp.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7223-8817
University of Miyazaki · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundSpontaneous regression of thymic carcinoma is extremely rare. We report a case of a resected thymic carcinoma with preoperative spontaneous regression in a 67-year-old woman. CASE PRESENTATION: The patient presented with low-grade fever and anterior chest pain. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed a 55 × 43 mm exophytic heterogeneously enhancing mass showing some areas of necrosis. Chest CT done one day preoperatively revealed that the tumor had rapidly shrunk for one month. Surgical resection was performed to obtain a definitive diagnosis and achieve complete resection, yielding a postoperative diagnosis of thymic carcinoma. The patient survived without signs of recurrence for 12 months postoperatively.

conclusionsMediastinal tumors with necrosis demonstrating spontaneous regression should include thymic carcinomas in the differential diagnosis.

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Spontaneous regressionSurgeryThymic carcinoma

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