Open AccessA Rare Case of Giant Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Thymus Treated with EN Bloc Resection
Author(s) -
João Isidro Fracasso,
Antônio Benincá Albuquerque,
André Luca Boeira Rovani,
Larissa Maroni,
Guilherme Baroni de Macêdo,
Leonardo Priori,
Vinícius Buaes Dal'Maso,
Tiago Teixeira Simon,
Pedro Moacir Braghirolli Braghini,
Cássia Beltrame
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
international journal of innovative research in medical science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2455-8737
DOI - 10.23958/ijirms/vol04-i02/516
Subject(s) - asymptomatic , medicine , mediastinum , neuroendocrine tumors , lesion , radiation therapy , epigastric pain , chemotherapy , anterior mediastinum , pathology , surgery , vomiting
Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are epithelial neoplasms with predominant neuroendocrine differentiation that arise in most organs of the body. Neuroendocrine tumors of the thymus (tNET) and mediastinum are very uncommon. We report the case of a 49-year-old male patient with neuroendocrine tumor of the thymus, superiorly in the anterior mediastinum, asymptomatic of the respiratory tract presenting with epigastric pain, treated with the lesion's surgical resection en bloc associated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy.