Acute myocardial infarction as presenting symptom of thymoma with compression on a coronary stent
We report the clinical case of a patient with acute myocardial infarction due to coronary stent compression as first manifestation of a large thymoma. The patient underwent a coronarography and thrombus aspiration + plain old balloon angioplasty restoring the stent patency. The mass resection was performed through left robotic-assisted thoracic surgery (RATS), resulting in a type A thymoma pT1a, IIb Masaoka-Koga. An uncommon presentation led to early diagnosis and treatment of a thymoma with both oncological and functional significance.
Authors
- Beatrice Leonardi (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5595-6849)
- Paolo Laperuta
- Carlo Bergaminelli
- Francesco Leone
- Giovanni Natale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1940-0288)
- Gianfranco Apostolico
- Alfonso Fiorelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0628-613X)
- Roberto Scaramuzzi
Institutions
- University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" (IT)
- Ospedale Monaldi (IT)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Thoracic Cancer
- Published
- 2024-09-02
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1111/1759-7714.15435
- Primary Topic
- Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00