J Korean Radiol Soc.  1997 Jan;36(1):125-127.

A Large Solitary Liver Metastasis of Thymoma

• Kang SW
• Shinn KS

Abstract

Extrathoracic metastasis of a thymoma is rare ; we report a case of metastasis to the liver of a large solitary thymoma. Biopsy of the mass showed it to be predominantly lymphocytic and histologically the same as a primary thymoma operated on four years previously. On ultrasound and CT scan, the majority of the metastatic tumor was hemorrhagic, necrotic and/or cystic, with a peripheral, irregularly thick solid component and rather thin, smooth encapsulation.

Keyword

Liver neoplasms, CT; Liver neoplasms, US

MeSH Terms

Biopsy
Liver*
Neoplasm Metastasis*
Thymoma*
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Ultrasonography