Tuberc Respir Dis.
1999 Mar;46(3):402-408.
A case of thymic carcinoid tumour with multiple metastasis including bone marrow
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Internal medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
- 2Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
- 3Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
- 4Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
- 5Department of Anatomical Pathology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- This report dscribes the thymic carcinoid tumor behaved in a highly aggressive fashion metastasis. Anti-cancer chemotherapy was not effective, the patient died of progressive disease after three months of diagnosis.