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Thymic metastasis from lung carcinoma

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INTERACTIVE CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY
Volume 12, Issue 5, Pages 848-849

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OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2010.257030

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Thymus; Lung adenocarcinoma; Metastasis

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Primary thymic carcinomas are well known but thymic metastases are very rare. To our knowledge a thymic metastasis from lung carcinoma has never been reported. We report the case of a metastatic lung cancer to the thymus, five years after a lobectomy for a stage I lung adenocarcinoma. (C) 2011 Published by European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. All rights reserved.

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