Thymic Carcinoma with Adenoid Cystic Carcinomalike Features with Distant Metastases

Ryu Kanzaki; Naoki Ikeda; Eiji Okura; Naoto Kitahara; Akira Okimura; Kunimitsu Kawahara; Mitsunori Ohta

doi:10.5761/atcs.cr.11.01836

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Thymic Carcinoma with Adenoid Cystic Carcinomalike Features with Distant Metastases

Ryu Kanzaki, Naoki Ikeda, Eiji Okura, Naoto Kitahara, Akira Okimura, Kunimitsu Kawahara, Mitsunori Ohta

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Ryu Kanzaki
Departments of General Thoracic Surgery, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Habikino, Osaka, Japan
Naoki Ikeda
Departments of General Thoracic Surgery, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Habikino, Osaka, Japan
Eiji Okura
Departments of General Thoracic Surgery, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Habikino, Osaka, Japan
Naoto Kitahara
Departments of General Thoracic Surgery, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Habikino, Osaka, Japan
Akira Okimura
Departments of Pathology, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Habikino, Osaka, Japan
Kunimitsu Kawahara
Departments of Pathology, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Habikino, Osaka, Japan
Mitsunori Ohta
Departments of General Thoracic Surgery, Osaka Prefectural Medical Center for Respiratory and Allergic Diseases, Habikino, Osaka, Japan

Keywords: thymus, pathology, surgery

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2012 Volume 18 Issue 6 Pages 544-547

DOI https://doi.org/10.5761/atcs.cr.11.01836

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Abstract

Adenoid cystic carcinoma (ACC), which is a subtype of the nonpapillary adenocarcinoma of the thymus, is extremely rare. We report a patient with thymic carcinoma with ACC-like features presented with multiple bone and pulmonary metastases that underwent surgery. The present case firstly demonstrated that thymic carcinoma with ACC-like features could have metastatic potential.

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