A case of madness resulting in a fortunate outcome; case report of a psychotic break as a result of cortisol secreting thymic neuroendocrine thymic tumor
Representing a mere 2–5% of the total thymic malignancies and 0.4% of total carcinoid tumors, primary thymic neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are the zebras of the thymic neoplasms. They were initially characterized as ‘epithelial thymomas’; later, the term carcinoid tumors was coined by Rosai and Higa....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Greater Baltimore Medical Center
2018-01-01
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| Series: | Journal of Community Hospital Internal Medicine Perspectives |
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| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20009666.2018.1428022 |