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Thoracoscopic Extended Right Middle Plus Lower Sleeve Lobectomy for Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Published on: February 27, 2026
[Extended thymectomy and intraoperative-intrapleural perfusion hyperthermo-chemotherapy for stage IVa invasive
T Matsuba1, Y Nakamura, K Fukumori
1Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Hepato-Biliary-Pancreatic Surgery, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan.
Abstract:
A 37-year-old woman diagnosed with ocular myasthenia gravis was referred to our department. Chest computed tomography (CT) showed anterior mediastinal tumor and right pleural dissemination. Extended thymectomy and right intraoperative-intrapleural perfusion hyperthermo-chemothrapy (IPHC) were performed. Pathological diagnosis was invasive thymoma type B2 and stage IVa based on Masaoka's classification. The post operative course was uneventful. The patient underwent 4 cycles of adjuvant chemotherapy with doxorubicin, cisplatin, vincristine, and cyclophosphamide (ADOC), and is free from recurrence at 12 months postoperatively.
