Abstract
A 44-year-old woman was admitted to our hospital with chest pain. Chest roentgenograms and computed tomography (CT) scan revealed an anterior mediastinal tumor and bilateral pleural effusion. However, CT scan 3 days after magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) revealed regression of the tumor. Extended thymo-thymectomy was performed via median sternotomy. The tumor was in the right lobe of the thymus. Pathologically the tumor was diagnosed as a mixed type non-invasive thymoma, but some parts of the tumor cells were necrotic. This is the 10th case of spontaneous regression of thymoma reported in the Japanese literature.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 801-805 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Kyobu geka. The Japanese journal of thoracic surgery |
| Volume | 56 |
| Issue number | 9 |
| Publication status | Published - 2003 Aug |