Colorectal Cancer Metastasis to the Thymus Gland: Rare Presentation of Colorectal Cancer as Anterior Mediastinal Mass
Despite improved screening modalities, 15–25% of newly diagnosed colorectal cancers are metastatic at the time of diagnosis. The vast majority of these cases present as hepatic metastasis; however, 22% present with concomitant extrahepatic disease. The thymus gland is an uncommon site of metastasis...
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| author | H. Charles Peters Xiuli Liu Atif Iqbal Lisa A. Cunningham Sanda A. Tan |
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| description | Despite improved screening modalities, 15–25% of newly diagnosed colorectal cancers are metastatic at the time of diagnosis. The vast majority of these cases present as hepatic metastasis; however, 22% present with concomitant extrahepatic disease. The thymus gland is an uncommon site of metastasis for any primary malignancy, particularly, colorectal cancer given its vascular and lymphatic drainage. This case report details our experience with a rare case of colorectal cancer metastasis to the thymus gland presenting as a symptomatic mediastinal mass. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-7d39376daf934c63a1c8cf121983b70c2025-02-03T01:25:55ZengWileyCase Reports in Surgery2090-69002090-69192017-01-01201710.1155/2017/65819656581965Colorectal Cancer Metastasis to the Thymus Gland: Rare Presentation of Colorectal Cancer as Anterior Mediastinal MassH. Charles Peters0Xiuli Liu1Atif Iqbal2Lisa A. Cunningham3Sanda A. Tan4Department of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USADepartment of Pathology, Immunology, and Experimental Pathology, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USADepartment of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USADepartment of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USADepartment of Surgery, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USADespite improved screening modalities, 15–25% of newly diagnosed colorectal cancers are metastatic at the time of diagnosis. The vast majority of these cases present as hepatic metastasis; however, 22% present with concomitant extrahepatic disease. The thymus gland is an uncommon site of metastasis for any primary malignancy, particularly, colorectal cancer given its vascular and lymphatic drainage. This case report details our experience with a rare case of colorectal cancer metastasis to the thymus gland presenting as a symptomatic mediastinal mass.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6581965 |
| spellingShingle | H. Charles Peters Xiuli Liu Atif Iqbal Lisa A. Cunningham Sanda A. Tan Colorectal Cancer Metastasis to the Thymus Gland: Rare Presentation of Colorectal Cancer as Anterior Mediastinal Mass Case Reports in Surgery |
| title | Colorectal Cancer Metastasis to the Thymus Gland: Rare Presentation of Colorectal Cancer as Anterior Mediastinal Mass |
| title_full | Colorectal Cancer Metastasis to the Thymus Gland: Rare Presentation of Colorectal Cancer as Anterior Mediastinal Mass |
| title_fullStr | Colorectal Cancer Metastasis to the Thymus Gland: Rare Presentation of Colorectal Cancer as Anterior Mediastinal Mass |
| title_full_unstemmed | Colorectal Cancer Metastasis to the Thymus Gland: Rare Presentation of Colorectal Cancer as Anterior Mediastinal Mass |
| title_short | Colorectal Cancer Metastasis to the Thymus Gland: Rare Presentation of Colorectal Cancer as Anterior Mediastinal Mass |
| title_sort | colorectal cancer metastasis to the thymus gland rare presentation of colorectal cancer as anterior mediastinal mass |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6581965 |
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