title: Acute intestinal pseudo-obstruction due to malignant thymoma.
abstract: Acute intestinal pseudo-obstruction has been associated with various diverse aetiologies, including several types of malignancies. Malignant thymoma has never been reported before as a cause of acute intestinal pseudo-obstruction. We report here a case of malignant thymoma presenting as acute intestinal pseudo-obstruction. Existing literature on malignant causes of intestinal pseudo-obstruction is also reviewed and discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine II, Singapore General Hospital.
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Tan
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Ng
authors.forename: J S
authors.initials: JS
authors.lastname: Ho
authors.forename: D M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Theobald
authors.forename: Y C
authors.initials: YC
authors.lastname: Lim
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D006801:Humans; D007418:Intestinal Pseudo-Obstruction / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D013945:Thymoma / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000473:pathology