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Surgically treated aggressive mediastinal sarcoma: a tumor of possible thymic origin

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery volume 59, pages 65–67 (2011)Cite this article

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True sarcoma of thymus has no epithelial component. This tumor behaves aggressively with invasion of adjacent structures. Only a few anecdotal case reports of this tumor are found in the English-language literature, and they describe a poor outcome. This case report describes a rapidly growing thymic sarcoma diagnosed at an advanced stage with a compressive effect on the heart. The tumor was resected en bloc with adjacent invaded structures.

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  1. Department of Surgical Disciplines, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi, 110029, India

    Roman Dutta, Arvind Kumar & Umashankkar Kannan

  2. Department of Anaesthesiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Amar Pal Bhalla

  3. Department of Pathology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Seema Kaushal

  4. Department of Radiation Oncology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India

    Pramod Kumar Julka

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Dutta, R., Kumar, A., Kannan, U. et al. Surgically treated aggressive mediastinal sarcoma: a tumor of possible thymic origin. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 59, 65–67 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-010-0602-2

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Key words

  • Thymus
  • Thymic sarcoma
  • Thymoma