Mediastinal thymoma in a patient with previous rectal and breast cancers: A report of a case with multiple primary cancers and review of literature

Abstract

Abstract A 42‐year‐old female patient with intellectual disability was presented to us as a newly diagnosed case of thymoma. She was identified as a case of multiple primary cancers, including adenocarcinoma of the rectum, carcinoma of the breast, and mediastinal thymoma, in a 15‐year period, who underwent chemotherapy, radiotherapy, and surgical resection.

Keywords

• breast neoplasms
• metachronous neoplasms
• multiple primary cancers
• multiple primary neoplasms
• second primary neoplasms
• thymus neoplasms