ArticleJournal of surgical case reports2022
Spleen metastasis of recurrent malignant thymoma.
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- Clinical and imaging manifestations of metastases from rare sites.Quantitative imaging in medicine and surgery · 2026Review
- Spleen metastasis as rare systemic manifestation of thymoma: a case report.Mediastinum (Hong Kong, China) · 2025Article
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Abstract
Thymoma is a rare tumour that often occurs in the anterior mediastinum. Thymomas are usually diagnosed in middle-aged patients, and nearly half of cases are associated with myasthenia gravis. Thymomas typically progress through direct invasion of the thoracic cavity with extra-thoracic distant metastasis being uncommon. Here we report the case of a male patient who underwent an extensive thymectomy and radiotherapy 10 years before presentation, and in whom we detected a spleen tumour during regular out-patient follow-up. The patient underwent a splenectomy, and a final diagnosis of type B3 malignant thymoma was established.
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