A Case of a Metastatic Liver Tumor from a Thymic Carcinoma Detected During a Cesarean Section

Journal: Gan To Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer & Chemotherapy
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Abstract

A 40-year-old pregnant woman who had previously been diagnosed with uterine myoma underwent cesarean section. During the operation, a tumor thought to be uterine myoma was found to be an extrauterine tumor arising from the upper abdomen. After the delivery of the fetus, a staging CT scan was performed, which revealed a huge, 18 cm, hepatic tumor in the left lateral segment, a mediastinal tumor with calcification, and multiple lung nodules. She underwent a left hepatic lobectomy and a wedge resection 8 days after the delivery. The initial pathological diagnosis was moderately differentiated neuroendocrine tumor (NET). However, as a primary hepatic NET is extremely rare, further immunohistochemical staining was performed. The tumor was positive for p63, CD5, c-kit, and bcl-2, indicating a diagnosis of thymic carcinoma with liver and lung metastases.

Authors
Takashi Morinaka, Dan Takeuchi, Akihiro Noro, Takashi Saotome, Kotaro Yoshimura, Takaaki Kaneko, Seiki Miura, Junichiro Kamiya, Yosuke Ashizawa, Bunshiro Akikusa, Akira Ogata