Thymoma with Sacral Metastasis

Altay S., Mete B. D., ALTAY C., Gursoy M., Sucu H. K., Avci A.

CYPRUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES, vol.1, no.1, pp.8-10, 2016 (ESCI) identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 1 Issue: 1
  • Publication Date: 2016
  • Doi Number: 10.5152/cjms.2016.31
  • Journal Name: CYPRUS JOURNAL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
  • Journal Indexes: Emerging Sources Citation Index (ESCI), TR DİZİN (ULAKBİM)
  • Page Numbers: pp.8-10
  • Keywords: Thymoma, malingnant thymoma, extrathoracic thymoma metastasis, sacrum metastasis
  • Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

Thymomas are the most common type of mass found in adult anterior mediastinal masses. Thymomas typically metastasize to the ribcage because of their slow growth and affinity for local invasion. Far metastases are rare, with the brain as the most commonly metastasized area. Bone metastases of thymomas are usually observed in the calvarium. A 60-year-old patient, who presented with metastatic mass lesions that developed 18 months after undergoing a surgery for mediastinal thymomas in the sacrum and iliac bones detected by computed tomography, magnetic resonance imaging, and histopathology, is the first mediastinal thymoma case with metastasis to the sacrum in the literature.