This paper reports of 14 cases of thymic carcinoma. Most of them with symptoms of chest pain

cheststuffy and discomfort

but without combined with extrathoracic syndromes

The tumors always were largein size and frequently invaded adjacent organs

hence with low resection rate. ln this series

complete re-section of tumor only 2 cases

partial resection in 7 cases

exploratory thoracotomy in 5 cases. Thymic car-cinoma was an extremely malignant tumor with extensive invasion intrathoracally and early metastasis ex-trathoracally. The common sites of metastasis were bone

liver

lung and extrathoracic lymph nodes. Adju-vant therapy postoperatively was given to all patients. Follow-up of lbo 8 years showed 1O cases death

ofwhich 5 cases died within the first year after surgery

3 cases within the second year. Four patients werestill alive so far

in which 3 patients were within 1. 5 years postoperatively. Pathological studies revealed 9cases of squamous epithe1ial cell thymic carcinoma

3 of lymphoepithelioma - like thymic carcinoma and 2 ofsmall cell undifferentiate thymic carcinoma.