Thymic carcinoid--a case report and review of the literature.
We report herein a case of a patient with thymic carcinoid who was operated on twice and has been followed for 9 years. In 1979, the original tumor was removed through an emergency left thoracotomy incision done for a hemothorax caused by an anterior mediastinal biopsy. Tumor recurrence was found 6 years later and removal carried out through a median sternotomy. The patient has been working and enjoying life following radiation and chemotherapy for a total of 9 years after his first operation. Recurrent thymic carcinoid has been thought to carry a poor prognosis, but this successfully treated case has been followed up for a long time after the removal of his recurrent tumor. We present this case and discuss other such cases reported in the Japanese literature.
Akiyama
S
S
Second Department of Surgery, Nagoya University School of Medicine, Japan.
Sakai
M
M
Inoue
S
S
Yamaguchi
K
K
Ichihara
S
S
Kataoka
M
M
Ito
K
K
Watanabe
T
T
Takagi
H
H
D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009364:Neoplasm Recurrence, Local / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy*