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Resection of an invasive thymoma extending into the superior vena cava and right atrium
Weidong Li1, Xin Chen, Xiayi Lv
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, First Affiliated Hospital, Medical School of Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
Journal of Cardiac Surgery
|May 22, 2010
Abstract:
Although invasive thymoma commonly infiltrates mediastinal structures, intracardiac extension from intracaval growth is rare. We present a case of invasive thymoma with intravascular invasion of the superior vena cava extending into the right atrium.
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