Thymic carcinoma and aplastic anemia: report of a previously undocumented association.
A case of thymic carcinoma documented after a 6-year history of aplastic anemia is reported. The anemia responded initially to steroids and antithymocyte globulin. The carcinoma may have arisen in a previous undetected thymoma; alternatively, an underlying abnormality, presumably immunologic, played a role in the development of the anemia and the thymic carcinoma.
D000741:Anemia, Aplastic / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum / Q000627:therapeutic use; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013256:Steroids / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis
D000961:Antilymphocyte Serum; D013256:Steroids