Fatal ectopic thymoma.
case_report · Level V
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Abstract
We present the case of a patient who died of thymoma-induced immunological dysfunction. The neoplasm was unsuspected antemortem because of its location adjacent to the right hemidiaphragm. This appears to be the most caudad ectopic position yet encountered for a thymoma.
Medical subject headings
- Choristoma
- Thoracic Neoplasms
- Thymoma
- Thymus Neoplasms