Isolated thymic metastasis of breast cancer 10.5 years after surgery: a case report
We present a surgical case of an extremely rare asynchronous, isolated thymic metastasis that occurred over 10 years after initial breast cancer surgery. This case underscores the importance of considering thymic metastasis in the differential diagnosis of anterior mediastinal tumors in patients with a remote history of breast cancer.
Authors
- Hironaga Kanno
- Yuka Kaneko (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4838-0132)
- Wataru Shigeeda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0644-5943)
- Ryota Endo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5305-1165)
- Ryuichi Yoshimura (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2876-0020)
- Makoto Tomoyasu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7549-6763)
- Hajime Saito (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0912-1637)
- Hiroyuki Deguchi
Institutions
- Iwate Medical University (JP)
Publication Details
- Journal
- General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Cases
- Published
- 2025-11-29
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s44215-025-00236-z
- Primary Topic
- Myasthenia Gravis and Thymoma
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00