Tuberc Respir Dis.  1999 Mar;46(3):402-408.

A case of thymic carcinoid tumour with multiple metastasis including bone marrow

Affiliations
  • 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.

Keyword

Carcinoid tumour; Thymus; Bone marrow; Pleural effusion

MeSH Terms

Bone Marrow*
Carcinoid Tumor*
Diagnosis
Drug Therapy
Humans
Neoplasm Metastasis*
Pleural Effusion
Thymus Gland
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