Coexisting thymic carcinoid tumor and thymoma.
Thymic carcinoid tumors are unusual neoplasms that are different from thymomas. We report a case of coexisting thymic carcinoid tumor and thymoma associated with myasthenia gravis. The clinicopathological findings are discussed with a review of the literature.
Mizuno
T
T
Second Department of Surgery, Nagoya City University Medical School, Japan.
Masaoka
A
A
Hashimoto
T
T
Shibata
K
K
Yamakawa
Y
Y
Torii
K
K
Fukai
I
I
Ito
K
K
D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008875:Middle Aged; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000209:etiology; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000648:ultrastructure*