title: Efficacy of steroid therapy on liver metastasis of thymic carcinoid.
abstract: We present a 61-year-old man who was hospitalized because of dyspnea, abdominal pain and liver dysfunction accompanied by ascites due to hepatic metastasis of a thymic carcinoid 20 years after the primary tumor was excised. His symptoms and liver function were well controlled by prednisolone, 30 to 60 mg daily, for the next 2 years, with a reduction in the size of the hepatic tumors and in the accumulation of ascites. He subsequently contracted pneumonia due to methicillin-resistant staphylococci, developed disseminated intravascular coagulation (DIC) and died. Thus, prednisolone should be considered for treating patients with metastasis of a thymic carcinoid.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology, Nagano Red Cross Hospital.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hayashi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Hanyu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Moriyama
mesh_terms: D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000556:secondary*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011239:Prednisolone / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D016896:Treatment Outcome
chemical_list: D011239:Prednisolone