Thymic large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: report of a resected case - a case report
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Thymic large cell neuroendocrine carcinomas (LCNECs) are very rare. We here describe a case in which the tumor could be completely resected. A 55-year-old male was admitted to our hospital for treatment of an anterior mediastinal tumor found at a regular health c...
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| author | Jiang Shi-Xu Nezu Kenji Amano Hideki Iyoda Akira Ogawa Fumihiro Okayasu Isao Satoh Yukitoshi |
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| description | <p>Abstract</p> <p>Thymic large cell neuroendocrine carcinomas (LCNECs) are very rare. We here describe a case in which the tumor could be completely resected. A 55-year-old male was admitted to our hospital for treatment of an anterior mediastinal tumor found at a regular health check-up. The patient underwent an extended thymectomy of an invasive thymoma of Masaoka's stage II that had been suspected preoperatively. The tumor was located in the right lobe of the thymus and was completely resected. Final pathological diagnosis of the surgical specimen was thymic LCNEC. The patient underwent adjuvant chemotherapy with irinotecan and cisplatin in accordance with the diagnosis of a lung LCNEC, and is alive without recurrence or metastasis 16 months after surgery.</p> |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3cbf83bc22c44da7845932eb0be590f82022-12-22T03:18:40ZengBMCJournal of Cardiothoracic Surgery1749-80902010-11-015111510.1186/1749-8090-5-115Thymic large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: report of a resected case - a case reportJiang Shi-XuNezu KenjiAmano HidekiIyoda AkiraOgawa FumihiroOkayasu IsaoSatoh Yukitoshi<p>Abstract</p> <p>Thymic large cell neuroendocrine carcinomas (LCNECs) are very rare. We here describe a case in which the tumor could be completely resected. A 55-year-old male was admitted to our hospital for treatment of an anterior mediastinal tumor found at a regular health check-up. The patient underwent an extended thymectomy of an invasive thymoma of Masaoka's stage II that had been suspected preoperatively. The tumor was located in the right lobe of the thymus and was completely resected. Final pathological diagnosis of the surgical specimen was thymic LCNEC. The patient underwent adjuvant chemotherapy with irinotecan and cisplatin in accordance with the diagnosis of a lung LCNEC, and is alive without recurrence or metastasis 16 months after surgery.</p>http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/115 |
| spellingShingle | Jiang Shi-Xu Nezu Kenji Amano Hideki Iyoda Akira Ogawa Fumihiro Okayasu Isao Satoh Yukitoshi Thymic large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: report of a resected case - a case report Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
| title | Thymic large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: report of a resected case - a case report |
| title_full | Thymic large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: report of a resected case - a case report |
| title_fullStr | Thymic large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: report of a resected case - a case report |
| title_full_unstemmed | Thymic large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: report of a resected case - a case report |
| title_short | Thymic large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: report of a resected case - a case report |
| title_sort | thymic large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma report of a resected case a case report |
| url | http://www.cardiothoracicsurgery.org/content/5/1/115 |
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