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Letters to the Editor

Reply to Heyman and Van Schil

Division of Thoracic Surgery, Cardiac and Thoracic Department, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

Received 9 June 2008; accepted 10 June 2008.

^_* Corresponding author. Address: Division of Thoracic Surgery, Cardiac and Thoracic Department, University of Pisa, Via Paradisa 2, Pisa 56124, Italy. Tel.: +39 050 995226; fax: +39 050 995226. (Email: m.lucchi@med.unipi.it).

Key Words: Thymoma • Pleural • Recurrence

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We thank Heyman and Van Schil for their interest and added experience on the issue of surgical treatment of pleural recurrence of thymoma [1,2]. Such recurrences are rare and very rarely appear isolated. However with a strict follow-up by means of CT we are finding some cases . . . [Full Text of this Article]