Quimioterapia neoadyuvante en un timoma invasor: Cirugía curativa con neumonectomía izquierda en bloque

we present a patient suffering from an invasive thymoma discovered in a chest roentgenogram because of progressive dyspnea. neoadjuvant chemotherapy was used after histological diagnosis, observing a tumor volume decrease of 25 %. the surgical treatment consisted of the thymoma en bloc resection, and a left side pneumonectomy due to affected pulmonary vessels. the combination of neoadjuvant chemotherapy and surgery is applied as a curative intention therapy.