Concurrent metastatic thymic carcinoma and postirradiation sarcoma.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We present a case of concurrent metastatic thymic carcinoma and postirradiation sarcoma in the same lobe of the lung in a woman who had received partial resection of thymic carcinoma with chemoradiotherapy 11 years ago. One tumor showed similar histology to the previous carcinoma. The other tumor was a pleomorphic sarcoma, suggestive of a postirradiation sarcoma. Irradiation-induced sarcomas are rare and have not been reported in patients with thymic carcinoma. This case may serve as a model in considering the possibility of postirradiation sarcoma for patients encountering recurrent masses with the history of radiotherapy for thymic carcinoma several years ago.
Medical subject headings
- Lung Neoplasms
- Neoplasms, Multiple Primary
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced
- Sarcoma
- Thymus Neoplasms