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Invasive thymoma with endobronchial polypoid growth

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A rare case of invasive thymoma with endobronchial polypoid growth is presented. A 68-year-old woman presented with coughing and sputum. The chest X-ray and computed tomography (CT) findings demonstrated a large mass with a calcified lesion in the left hilar region. A bronchoscopic examination showed a polypoid tumor in the left B3b bronchus. The tumor was surgically resected and revealed a unique polypoid endobronchial extension. This tumor was pathologically diagnosed to be invasive thymoma.

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  1. Second Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Tokushima, Kuramoto-cho, 770, Tokushima, Japan

    Kazuya Kondo, Tadashi Uyama, Masayuki Sumitomo, Keiji Takahashi & Yasumasa Moden

  2. Surgery Division, Komatsushima Red Cross Hospital, 773, Komatsushima-city, Tokushima, Japan

    Suguru Kimura

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Kondo, K., Uyama, T., Sumitomo, M. et al. Invasive thymoma with endobronchial polypoid growth. Surg Today 27, 466–468 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02385716

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