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Thymic carcinoma and aplastic anemia: Report of a previously undocumented association
Author(s) -
Vicky Thomas C.,
Carlos Manivel J.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
american journal of hematology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.456
H-Index - 105
eISSN - 1096-8652
pISSN - 0361-8609
DOI - 10.1002/ajh.2830250313
Subject(s) - aplastic anemia , medicine , thymic carcinoma , carcinoma , anemia , association (psychology) , oncology , pathology , thymoma , bone marrow , psychology , psychotherapist
A case of thymic carcinoma documented after a 6‐year history of aplastic anemia is reported. The anemia responded initially to steroids and antithymocyte globulin. The carcinoma may have arisen in a previous undetected thymoma; alternatively, an underlying abnormality, presumably immunologic, played a role in the development of the anemia and the thymic carcinoma.