Acute intestinal pseudo-obstruction due to malignant thymoma.
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.
Tan
C K
CK
Department of Medicine II, Singapore General Hospital.
Ng
H S
HS
Ho
J S
JS
Theobald
D M
DM
Lim
Y C
YC
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