Intra-oesophageal invasion of thymoma

Respirol Case Rep. 2019 Sep 5;7(8):e00485. doi: 10.1002/rcr2.485. eCollection 2019 Nov.

Authors

Makiko Ozawa¹, Toshirou Fukushima², Takuro Noguchi², Takashi Kobayashi², Nodoka Sekiguchi², Tomonobu Koizumi²

Affiliations

¹ Second Department of Internal Medicine Shinshu University Graduate School of Medicine Matsumoto Japan.
² Department of Comprehensive Cancer Therapy Shinshu University School of Medicine Matsumoto Japan.

Abstract

This is the first report of a thymoma developing with unusual invasion into the oesophageal lumen.

Keywords: Invasive thymoma; mediastinal tumour; oesophagus.