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[A case of mediastinal seminoma which penetrated pericardium and invaded left upper lobe]
Y Hayashi1, M Ishibashi, K Sakamoto
1First Department of Surgery, Kanagawa Prefectural Cancer Center Hospital.
Abstract:
A 35-year-old man admitted at our hospital, with a complaint of anterior chest pain. Chest x-ray film and CT showed an anterior mediastinal tumor. An invasive thymoma was suspected by the biopsy specimen, invading left upper lobe of the lung. Resections of the tumor, thymus, invasion to the part of the left upper lobe and the pericardium were performed. The pathology showed pure seminoma penetrating the pericardium. As testis and the retroperitoneum were normal, the tumor was diagnosed as mediastinal origin. Adjuvant chemotherapy (CDDP, BLM and etoposide) and irradiation were performed. The patient is alive and well for 7 months postoperatively.
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