Copyright © 1990 by the European Society of Cardiology.
© 1990 The European Society of Cardiology
Malignant thymoma causing tricuspid valve obstruction

*York District Hospital Leeds, U.K.
Killingbeck Hospital Leeds, U.K.
Received 22 May 1989; revised 23 December 1989; .
Requests for reprints to. Dr Julian Gunn. Medical Registrar, City Hospital, Hucknall Road, Nottingham, NG5 1PB, U.K.
Abstract
A 57-year-old man presenting with a retrosternal mass was found to have a malignant thymoma. This was treated with surgery and radiotherapy. It recurred 5 years later as an intra-cardiac mass causing tricuspid valve obstruction.