A case of thymic carcinoid tumour with multiple metastasis including bone marrow.
10.4046/trd.1999.46.3.402
- Author:
La Young LEE
1
;
Hwa Jeong KIM
;
Seon Hee CHEON
;
Soon Nam LEE
;
Yong Soon WON
;
Yoo Kyung KIM
;
Ki Sook HONG
;
Hea Soo KOO
Author Information
1. Department of Internal medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Case Report
- Keywords:
Carcinoid tumour;
Thymus;
Bone marrow;
Pleural effusion
- MeSH:
Bone Marrow*;
Carcinoid Tumor*;
Diagnosis;
Drug Therapy;
Humans;
Neoplasm Metastasis*;
Pleural Effusion;
Thymus Gland
- From:Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases
1999;46(3):402-408
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
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.
