Thymic basaloid carcinoma with hepatic metastasis

Ann Thorac Surg. 2002 Aug;74(2):579-82. doi: 10.1016/s0003-4975(02)03555-5.

Abstract

A thymic basaloid carcinoma is rare, as is an unusual case with extra-thoracic metastasis. We report on a 41-year-old woman who had a thymic basaloid carcinoma with liver metastases. The patient underwent resection of the thymic basaloid carcinoma followed by curative partial hepatectomy. At 1 year later, another metastatic lesion developed in the residual liver, which was also curatively resected. The postoperative course was uneventful, and the patient is surviving without recurrence for 12 months, to date.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / secondary*
  • Carcinoma, Transitional Cell / surgery
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Liver Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Liver Neoplasms / surgery
  • Thymus Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Thymus Neoplasms / surgery