Concurrent metastatic thymic carcinoma and postirradiation sarcoma |
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| Authors: | Chen Tzu-Ju Lu Hung-I Huang Cheng-Hua Hsu Hsuan-Chih Chen Sung-Ting Chen Wei-jen Huang Chao-Cheng |
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| Affiliation: | Department of Pathology, Kaohsiung Medical University Hospital and Kaohsiung Medical University, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. |
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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. |
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