Pericardial Mesothelioma And Thymic Carcinoma Difference, Effect Of Anti Inflammatory Drugs On Clinical Outcomes In Patients With Malignant Pericardial Effusion Journal Of The American College Of Cardiology

Pericardial and pleural cavities produce effusions with important clinical consequences.

Early testing for mesothelioma. In case of lung cancer associated pericardial effusion. Thymic carcinoma is a rare tumour of the thymus representing less than 1 of thymic malignancies11 it has an annual incidence of 015032 per 1 00 000 person years22 it is found incidentally in 30 of the patients as an opacity on chest x ray or with non specific complaints of persistent cough chest pain fatigue shortness of breath arm and facial swelling and upper airway. This type of tumor is often advanced when diagnosed.

However data regarding the type of metastatic involvement of the pleura and the pericardium are lacking. Differential diagnosis included adenocarcinoma mesothelioma and thymic clear cell carcinoma. Here we report the first case of thymic clear cell carcinoma diagnosed by cytological examination of the pericardial fluid with the help of immunocytochemistry.

Thymoma and thymic carcinoma also called thymic epithelial tumors tets are two types of rare cancers that can form in the cells that cover the outside surface of the thymusthe thymus is a small organ that lies in the upper chest above the heart and under the breastbone. However they re emphasised that the role of chemotherapy in treatment has not been well studied12 in conclusion thymic carcinoma has 5 year survival rates between 30 and 50 with significant difference between early and late stages at the time of presentation. About 35 of people with thymic carcinoma live at least 5 years after diagnosis.

This study investigated the histologic patterns of tumors involving the two cavities to better define their pathophysiology. Because all breast cancer patients and many of the lung cancer patients were women. Current strategies for mesothelioma and thymic tumors mesothelioma.

Age difference may also be due to the fact that pericardial effusion is diagnosed faster because of the rapid onset of cardiac symptoms. The differential diagnosis of localized mesothelioma includes lymphoma and thymic carcinoma. Around 28 of people with thymic carcinoma live at least 10 years.

The treatment of advanced thymic carcinoma. The histological diagnosis of mpm is often complex due to the heterogeneity of this group of tumors. However the imaging and clinical findings are generally unhelpful in the differential diagnosis and tumors may only be differentiated by histopathological and immunohistochemical examinations 1.

Thymic carcinoma cells do not look like healthy thymus cells but like cancers that start in other parts of the body. Obliteration of the mediastinal fat plane suggesting invasion or simple adhesions was seen in two patients 22 with atypical thymoma and in six patients 33 with thymic carcinoma figs. A small amount of pericardial effusion was seen in two patients 22 with atypical thymoma and in five patients 28 with thymic carcinoma p 005.

Metastases are one of the most common etiologies of both serosal effusions.