A malignant retroperitoneal mass--a rare presentation of recurrent thymoma.

BMJ Case Rep

Department of Pulmonology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands.

Published: December 2011

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A 60-year-old man presented with a suspected retroperitoneal mass, after primarily resected thymoma (type B1/B2, Masaoke stage 1). A germ cell tumour was excluded and a diagnostic biopsy was performed. The mass appeared to be a local recurrence of the primary thymoma, for example, a droplet metastasis, progressed to type B3.

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