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Published on: October 2, 2018
Biopsy trauma dislodges thymocytes from a thymoma to fill regional lymph node sinusoids
Alexander H Choi1, Samuel W French1, Timothy L Van Natta2
1Department of Pathology, Los Angeles County-Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, United States.
Abstract:
We present a case of an incisional thymoma biopsy causing dissemination of thymocytes to a regional lymph node. Lymphatic seeding from circulating tumor cells is a distinct mechanism of tumor spread. We review the literature relevant to operative trauma as a cause of tumor cell migration to nearby lymph nodes. Summarized are case reports wherein metastasis of benign tumors has been related to operative trauma.
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