Resection of a giant thymoma and coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a case report

Orhan Bozoğlan; Bülent Meşe; Erdinç Eroğlu; Abdullah Sökmen

doi:10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.7004

Orhan Bozoğlan¹, Bülent Meşe¹, Erdinç Eroğlu¹, Abdullah Sökmen²

¹Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medicine Faculty of Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey
²Department of Cardiology, Medicine Faculty of Kahramanmaraş Sütçü İmam University, Kahramanmaraş, Turkey

DOI : 10.5606/tgkdc.dergisi.2013.7004

Thymomas are defined as anterior mediastinal neoplasms, characterized by epithelial cells and lymphocytes. Although they are often encapsulated and well differentiated tumors, they can show local invasion, pleural invasion or extrathoracic metastasis. In this article, we report a rare case who was admitted with the complaint of dyspnea with a giant thymoma in the anterior mediastine and coronary artery disease and underwent thymectomy and coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Keywords : Coronary artery bypass graft surgery; giant thymoma; thymectomy

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