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An extensive review of the literature suggests that ours is the first case of encapsulated thymoma metastasizing to a skeletal muscle. A 43-year-old man underwent thymothymectomy for encapsulated Masaoka’s stage I thymoma. Four years after complete resection, the tumor metastasized to the left pectoralis major muscle. Although a few reports exist on encapsulated thymoma metastasizing to a distant site, the literature does not describe encapsulated thymoma metastasizing to a skeletal muscle insofar as we could find.
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Ohde, Y., Yokose, T., Yoshida, J. et al. Encapsulated thymoma metastasizing to a pectoralis major muscle. Jpn J Thorac Caridovasc Surg 50, 260–262 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03032157
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03032157