Cytoreductive Pleurectomy and Intrathoracic Chemohyperthermia for Pleural Relapse of Thymomas.

Maury, Jean-Michel; Drevet, Gabrielle; Collaud, Stéphane; Grima, Renaud; Pavlakovic, Isabelle; Rosamel, Pascal; Chalabreysse, Lara; Girard, Nicolas et al. · Ann Thorac Surg · 2019

case_report · Level V

Where this comes from

Abstract

Several surgical procedures, from debulking to extrapleural pneumonectomy, may be applied for stage IVa Masaoka thymomas, but their efficiency is still controversial. Case studies have favored R<sub>0</sub> resection as the cornerstone of multimodal therapy for locoregional metastatic extension. This report describes a standardized procedure combining a cytoreductive surgical procedure and intrathoracic chemohyperthermia on a 46-year-old patient presenting with B2 thymoma and synchronous unilateral pleural metastasis.

Medical subject headings