Carcinoma tímico en un adulto / Thymic carcinoma in an adult
Medisan
;
22(9): 961-969, nov.-dic. 2018. []
Article
in Spanish
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| ID: biblio-976175
RESUMEN
Se presenta el caso clínico de un paciente de 50 años de edad, quien acudió a la consulta de Oncología del Hospital General Docente Dr Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso de Santiago de Cuba, por presentar un tumor tímico de 4 meses de evolución. Se le realizó timectomía y linfadenectomía mediastinal, así como una biopsia que indicó la presencia de carcinoma tímico de tipo linfoepitelioma (II) de alto grado de malignidad, estadio IVA; por tal razón se decidió efectuar tratamiento con quimioterapia y radioterapia. Debido a la persistencia del tumor se planificó la segunda línea de quimioterapia, pero el paciente falleció.
ABSTRACT
The case report of a 50 year-old patient is presented who visited the Oncology department of Dr Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso Teaching General Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, due to a 4 months thymic tumor. A thymectomy and mediastinal lymphadenectomy were carried out , as well as a biopsy which indicated the presence of thymic carcinoma, type II lymphoepithelioma of high degree of malignancy, stage IV A; for such a reason it was decided to carry out a treatment with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Due to the tumor persistence the second chemotherapy line was planned, but the patient died.
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Main subject:
Thymectomy
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Thymoma
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Thymus Neoplasms
Limits:
Adult
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Spanish
Journal:
Medisan
Journal subject:
Medicine
Year:
2018
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Cuba
Institution/Affiliation country:
Universidad de Ciencias Médicas/CU
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