Thymic Carcinoma: Report of Eight Cases.
- Author:
Young Don JOO
1
;
Joon Hee KIM
;
Chang Hak SON
;
Ye Hoe KIM
;
Chan Hwan KIM
;
Hyun Sook SEO
Author Information
1. Department of Internal Medicine, Inje University College of Medicine.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Thymic carcinoma;
Mediastinum
- MeSH:
Chest Pain;
Cough;
Epithelium;
Humans;
Incidence;
Mediastinum;
Myasthenia Gravis;
Neoplasm Metastasis;
Paraneoplastic Syndromes;
Superior Vena Cava Syndrome;
Thymoma*
- From:Journal of the Korean Cancer Association
1998;30(4):743-751
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
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.
