Low-Grade Thymoma with Osseous and Pulmonary Metastases: Role of 18F-Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography-Computed Tomography in Initial Staging.

ABSTRACT

Thymomas are rare anterior mediastinal tumors that originate in the epithelial cells of the thymus and have a rare propensity to metastasize to extrathoracic locations unless it is a histologic high-grade neoplasm (type B and above). We describe a case of 50-year-old woman diagnosed with type AB thymoma and the role of 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography-computed tomography in accurate delineation of extrathoracic metastases during initial staging.