Asymptomatic Pelvic Metastasis from Thymic Carcinoma: A Case Report

Abstract

Thymic epithelial tumors are rare and often occur somewhere local. Metastatic sites of thymic carcinomas (Masaoka-Koga stage IVb) are mostly seen in the lung, liver and brain. We report a 64-year-old female with an initial diagnosis of thymoma B3 who first showed thoracic recurrences and then an asymptomatic isolated pelvic metastasis from her thymic carcinoma.

Keywords

• Thymic carcinoma
• Thymoma
• Positron emission tomography
• Extrathoracic metastasis
• Pelvic metastasis