1. Intracaval and Intracardiac Extension of Malignant Thymoma
- Author
-
Masaru Furumoto, Kyoichi Ogawa, Shigeki Nishimoto, Sachiko Futami, Shinichirou Matsumoto, Rieko Minami, Keisuke Inoue, Tomio Yamasaki, Kohji Matsuba, and Tatsurou Asada
- Subjects
Male ,Superior Vena Cava Syndrome ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy ,Thymoma ,Mediastinal tumor ,Lumen (anatomy) ,Intracardiac injection ,Diagnosis, Differential ,Superior vena cava ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,Internal Medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Heart Atria ,cardiovascular diseases ,neoplasms ,Malignant Thymoma ,Superior vena cava syndrome ,business.industry ,Myxoma ,General Medicine ,Middle Aged ,Neoplastic Cells, Circulating ,medicine.disease ,surgical procedures, operative ,cardiovascular system ,Radiology ,medicine.symptom ,Tomography, X-Ray Computed ,business - Abstract
A case of malignant thymoma presenting as the superior vena cava syndrome is reported. A 56-year old male was admitted with superior vena cava syndrome. CT and NMR-CT scan showed a solid homogenous superior mediastinal mass; which filled the lumen of the superior vena cava and the right atrium. A biopsy of the right atrial mass showed myxoma, and operation was performed. Histopathologically the tumor was diagnosed as thymoma. Intracaval and intracardiac extension of a thymoma is very rare.
- Published
- 1993
- Full Text
- View/download PDF