Thymoma Metastasis to the Semimembranosus Muscle

Case Rep Oncol. 2017 Jan 9;10(1):21-26. doi: 10.1159/000455190. eCollection 2017 Jan-Apr.

Abstract

Thymoma is the most common thymic epithelial tumor whose classification was first introduced in 1999. Type B2 thymoma is considered a moderate/high-risk tumor; however, extrathoracic metastases are extremely rare with limited reports to date. In this report, we present a rare thymoma metastasis to the semimembranosus muscle, which was resected with a wide margin after confirmation by open biopsy. At the final follow-up after 1 year, no local recurrence has been observed.

Keywords: Extrathoracic metastasis; Semimembranosus muscle; Thymoma.

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  • Case Reports