Open AccessThymic Carcinoid Tumour
Author(s) -
Isabel Hidalgo Parra,
Antonia Remacha,
Serafín Costilla,
José Antonio Santos Calderon
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
canadian respiratory journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.675
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1916-7245
pISSN - 1198-2241
DOI - 10.1155/2002/681807
Subject(s) - medicine , asymptomatic , mediastinum , carcinoid tumour , biopsy , radiology , anterior mediastinum , fine needle aspiration , pathology
Carcinoid tumours of the thymus are rare. The case of a 57-year-old asymptomatic man with a carcinoid tumour of the thymus, who showed a widened mediastinum by chest x-ray, is presented. Fine needle aspiration suggested the diagnosis, which was confirmed by biopsy.
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