Multiple pleuropericardial implants of thymoma after videothoracoscopic resection

Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg. 2010 Nov;11(5):696-7. doi: 10.1510/icvts.2010.246322. Epub 2010 Aug 18.

Abstract

The case of a 49-year-old man with multiple pleuropericardial implants of B2 thymoma is reported. Two years earlier, the patient had undergone left videothoracoscopic (VATS) resection of a 6-cm thymoma in another hospital. The operative report describes a technically correct procedure with morcellation of the lesion within a retrieval thoracoscopic bag. Through a standard thoracotomy, 11 implants were resected with macroscopically complete tumor removal. The origin of cell spillage was ascribed to manipulation of the thymoma during VATS resection.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Heart Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Heart Neoplasms / surgery
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged
  • Neoplasm Seeding*
  • Pleural Neoplasms / secondary*
  • Pleural Neoplasms / surgery
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Thoracic Surgery, Video-Assisted / adverse effects*
  • Thoracotomy
  • Thymoma / secondary
  • Thymoma / surgery*
  • Thymus Neoplasms / pathology
  • Thymus Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Treatment Outcome