[Post-thymectomy extrathymic tumors]

G Chir. 1998 Jan-Feb;19(1-2):27-9.
[Article in Italian]

Abstract

The Authors report the case of a 78 year old woman affected with two synchronous primary cancers (epidermoid bronchial and rectal adenocarcinoma); 16 years previously, after the discovery of a thymoma, she underwent thymectomy. Thus, the discussion issue is if post-thymectomy extra-thymic malignancies are to be considered just a simple coincidence or a true syndrome.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • English Abstract

MeSH terms

  • Adenocarcinoma / pathology*
  • Aged
  • Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / pathology*
  • Fatal Outcome
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Lung Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Neoplasms, Multiple Primary*
  • Postoperative Complications*
  • Rectal Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Thymoma / surgery*
  • Thymus Neoplasms / surgery*