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Bone metastases can be the first symptom of a tumor. The case of a 65-year-old patient with a thymoma exhibiting primary metastases in the lung and bone is presented. Initially, a tumor was suspected because of an osteolytic destruction of the right proximal femur posing a high risk of fracture. Further diagnostic procedures detected a partially sclerosing mediastinal bulk and bilateral lung metastases. The histological investigation of the resected proximal femur and needle biopsy of the mediastinal bulk showed an extrathoracically metastasized polygonal cell thymoma. This metastasizing pattern is common in thymic carcinoma but very rare in thymoma. In addition to the case presentation, a review of the current literature on histological classification, therapy, and prognosis is given.
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PMID:[Thymoma with primary osseous and pulmonary metastases. Case report and review of the literature]. 1155 98