Primer invazif intrapulmoner timoma

Mustafa Göz,

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.032

Mustafa Göz¹, Abdussemet Hazar¹, Mehmet Salih Aydın¹, İbrahim Can Kürkçüoğlu²

¹Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Kalp ve Damar Cerrahisi Anabilim Dalı, Şanlıurfa
²Harran Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi, Göğüs Cerrahi Anabilim Dalı, Şanlıurfa

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2012.032

Thymoma is the most common primary tumor of the anterosuperior mediastinum in adults. Originating from the thymic epithelial cells, these tumors were reported to have an incidence of 0.15/100.000. These tumors generally have a benign character and 30-40% of the cases are accompanied by myasthenia gravis. However, the tumor very rarely has a localization outside the anterosuperior mediastinum and an invasive character. In this article, we report a a thymoma case with intrapulmonary localization and pericardial invasion in a patient with myasthenic symptoms.

Keywords : Intrapulmonary thymoma; myasthenia gravis; pericardial invasion

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