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ArticleThoracic cancer2024

A rare case of tumor-to-tumor metastasis from thymic carcinoma to an ovarian mature teratoma.

Tsuyoshi Sasada, Chigusa Shirakawa, Ryo Tachikawa, Daisuke Yamashita, Keisuke Tomii

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Article in Thoracic cancer, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Tsuyoshi SasadaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan.ORCID 0009-0005-0001-5207
Chigusa ShirakawaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
Ryo TachikawaDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
Daisuke YamashitaDepartment of Pathology, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
Keisuke TomiiDepartment of Respiratory Medicine, Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital, Kobe, Japan.
Kobe City Medical Center General Hospital · JP

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Metastasis from one neoplasm to another is referred to as tumor-to-tumor metastasis (TTM). TTM is rarely observed. Here, we present a patient with TTM from a thymic carcinoma to an ovarian mature teratoma. A 25-year-old woman, diagnosed with unresectable thymic carcinoma, presented with a cyst with a solid tumor component in her right ovary. Laparoscopic cystectomy of the right ovary revealed that the solid tumor was a distant metastasis of the thymic carcinoma in an ovarian mature teratoma. The possibility of malignant transformation of the ovarian mature teratoma was ruled out, enabling accurate staging of the thymic carcinoma. This case emphasizes the need for clinicians to consider TTM and the importance of pathological confirmation of TTM when investigating potential distant metastases.

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Ovarian NeoplasmsTeratomaThymomaThymus NeoplasmsAdultFemaleHumansdistant metastasisneoplasm metastasisovarian neoplasmsteratomathymus neoplasms

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PMID38468427
PMCPMC11016423
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