Debulking of stage IVA thymoma

Anouschka Cogen1, Katrien Van Kolen, Laurence Pierrache

  • 1Department of Thoracic and Vascular Surgery, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Antwerp, Belgium.

We present a debulking procedure for the removal of a stage IVA thymoma in a patient with myasthenia gravis (MG). This included thymectomy to remove the primary thymoma, resection of an anterior paracardial mass, a posterior pleural mass, partial pleurectomy, resection of phrenic nerve and wedge excisions of the right upper, middle and lower lobes.

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