Thymic carcinoma metastasize to the small intestine: a case report.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Thymic carcinoma is a rare mediastinal neoplasm with a high malignant potential. It often shows pleural invasion and distant metastasis. The metastasis of thymic carcinoma to the small intestine is rarely reported and difficult to distinguish from other gastrointestinal tract tumors.

Case presentation

An elderly man presented with lower abdominal pain for 2 months. Abdominal CT showed a mass communicated with the small intestinal lumen. After radical resection of the small intestinal tumor, resected specimens showed moderately differentiated squamous-cell carcinoma with lymph nodes metastases. The patient received chest CT and was found to have a mass in anterior mediastinum. Biopsies of the mass revealed thymic squamous-cell carcinoma.

Conclusions

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SUBMITTER: Yuan Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7594467 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature