A case of thymic carcinoid tumour with multiple metastasis including bone marrow.

Lee, La Young; Kim, Hwa Jeong; Cheon, Seon Hee; Lee, Soon Nam; Won, Yong Soon; Kim, Yoo Kyung; Hong, Ki Sook; Koo, Hea Soo

doi:1999.46.3.402

Tuberc Respir Dis > Volume 46(3); 1999 > Article

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Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases 1999;46(3):402-408.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4046/trd.1999.46.3.402 Published online March 1, 1999.

A case of thymic carcinoid tumour with multiple metastasis including bone marrow.

La Young Lee, Hwa Jeong Kim, Seon Hee Cheon, Soon Nam Lee, Yong Soon Won, Yoo Kyung Kim, Ki Sook Hong, Hea Soo Koo

¹Department of Internal medicine, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
²Department of Thoracic & Cardiovascular Surgery, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
³Department of Radiology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
⁴Department of Clinical Pathology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.
⁵Department of Anatomical Pathology, College of Medicine, Ewha Womans University, Seoul, Korea.

Abstract

This report dscribes the thymic carcinoid tumor behaved in a highly aggressive fashion metastasis. Anti-cancer chemotherapy was not effective, the patient died of progressive disease after three months of diagnosis.

Key Words: Carcinoid tumour, Thymus, Bone marrow, Pleural effusion