Thymic Carcinoma: Report of Eight Cases / 대한암학회지
Journal of the Korean Cancer Association
;
: 743-751, 1998.
Article
in Korean
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-222982
ABSTRACT
Thymic carcinoma is a rare malignant neoplasm of the thymic epithelium, distinguished from benign or invasive thymoma by the presence of malignant cytology and a greater incidence of local invasion and embolic metastases. The true incidence of this neoplasm is unknown. Nearly three fourth of their patients had symptoms of an anterior mediastinal mass, including cough, chest pain, and superior vena cava syndrome. These patients rarely have myasthenia gravis or other thymoma-associated paraneoplastic syndromes. The treatment of thymic carcinoma remains a controversial matter. We report eight cases of thymic carcinoma treated in our institution from 1990 to 1997.
Full text:
Available
Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Paraneoplastic Syndromes
/
Thymoma
/
Chest Pain
/
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome
/
Incidence
/
Cough
/
Epithelium
/
Mediastinum
/
Myasthenia Gravis
/
Neoplasm Metastasis
Type of study:
Incidence study
/
Prognostic study
Limits:
Humans
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of the Korean Cancer Association
Year:
1998
Type:
Article
Similar
MEDLINE
...
LILACS
LIS