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Thymoma and thymic carcinoma [PDF]

European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 2010
Thymoma and thymic carcinoma are an extremely heterogeneous group of neoplastic lesions with an exceedingly wide spectrum of morphologic appearances. They show different presentations with a variable and unpredictable evolution ranging from an indolent non-invasive attitude to a highly infiltrative and metastasising one.
VENUTA, Federico, ANILE, MARCO, DISO, DANIELE, VITOLO, Domenico, RENDINA, Erino Angelo, DE GIACOMO, Tiziano, FRANCIONI, Federico, Giorgio Furio Coloni   +7 more
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Case Report: Paraneoplastic psoriasis in thymic carcinoma

Frontiers in Oncology, 2023
Thymic carcinomas are exceedingly rare and very aggressive malignancies of the anterior mediastinum. While thymomas exhibit a high association with paraneoplastic syndromes, these phenomena are a rarity in thymic carcinomas.
Lucas Mix, Manuel Knoll, Max-Felix Häring, Wolfgang Andreas Bethge, Jan C. Schröder, Stephan Forchhammer, Patrick Krumm, Christian M. Schürch, Martin Schaller, Claudia Lengerke   +9 more
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Does myasthenia gravis affect long-term survival in thymic carcinomas? An ESTS database analysis

, 2022
: Background: Thymic carcinoma is a rare and highly malignant tumor with a dismal prognosis, which occasionally coexists with myasthenia gravis (MG). This study aims to investigate the MG incidence on a surgical cohort of patients with thymic carcinoma ...
Luca Voltolini, Spaggiari, Lorenzo, Boubia, Souheil, Marco Chiappetta, Francesco Sollitto, Enyed, Attila, Marco Scarci, Jòzsef Furàk, Furak, Jozsef, Thomas, Pascal Alexandre, Chiappetta, Marco, Evangelista, Jessica, Aigner, Clemens, Voltolini, Luca, Luca Ampollini, Nachira, Dania, Andrea Billè, null null, Lococo, Filippo, Campisi, Alessio, Bille, Andrea, Liverakou Evangelia, van Schil, Paul, Clemens Aigner, Stefano Margaritora, Guerrera, Francesco, null, null, Enrico Ruffini, Ampollini, Luca, Van Raemdonck, Dirk, Francesco Guerrera, Ruffini, Enrico, Sollitto, Francesco, Bernhard Moser, Enyedi, Attila, Moser, Bernhard, Pierre Emmanuel Falcoz, ESTS Thymic Working Group ESTS Thymic Working Group, Toker, Alper, Paul Van Schil, Lorenzo Spaggiari, Falcoz, Pierre Emmanuel, Alper Toker, Attila Enyed, Ests Thymic Working Group, null, Dirk Van Raemdonck, Dania Nachira, Souheil Boubia, Liberman, Moishe, Alessio Campisi, Filippo Lococo, Moishe Liberman, Pascal Alexandre Thomas, Scarci, Marco, Evangelia, Liverakou, Margaritora, Stefano, Jessica Evangelista   +56 more
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Two Very Rare Cases of Metastatic Thymic Carcinoma with Sjogren’s Syndrome: A Case Series

Case Reports in Oncology, 2023
Thymic tumours are rare thoracic malignancies with thymic carcinoma accounting for approximately 12% of all thymic tumours compared to thymomas which account for approximately 86%.
Amy E. Smith, Alisa Kane, Francesca Watts, Min Qiu, Venessa Chin   +4 more
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Thymic function and T cell parameters in a natural human experimental model of seasonal infectious diseases and nutritional burden [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND:The study exploits a natural human experimental model of subsistence farmers experiencing chronic and seasonally modified food shortages and infectious burden.
Ngom, Pa T, Solon Juan, Ngom Pa T, Andrew M Prentice, Morgan Gareth, Juan Solon, Prentice Andrew M, Richard Aspinall, Morgan, Gareth, Pa T Ngom, Prentice, Andrew M, Sophie E Moore, Aspinall, Richard, Gareth Morgan, Moore, Sophie E, Solon, Juan, Ngom, Pa T., Moore, Sophie E., Prentice, Andrew M., Aspinall Richard, Moore Sophie E   +20 more
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Ectopic Thymic Carcinoma Located on The Dorsal Side of The Thyroid Gland

Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, 2023
Migration of the embryonic thymus is thought to be the basis for the formation of ectopic thymic tumors. Thymic ectopy may be a result of the abnormal migration of the third or fourth branchial cleft to the anterior mediastinum during weeks 5–6 of ...
Wei Wang BM, Jia-Ying Xu MM, Bo-Tao Zhang BM, Jun Jiang MD   +3 more
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Robust and durable response to first-line treatment of pembrolizumab combined with chemotherapy in two patients with metastatic thymic squamous cell carcinoma: Case report

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
Thymic carcinoma is a rare and aggressive disease with poor outcome. There is no established treatment regimen for advanced thymic carcinoma. While the efficacy of pembrolizumab was proved to be promising, as a single agent, in patients with refractory ...
Cui Chen, Peng Sun, Jianting Long
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Thymic carcinoma metastasize to the small intestine: a case report

BMC Gastroenterology, 2020
Background Thymic carcinoma is a rare mediastinal neoplasm with a high malignant potential. It often shows pleural invasion and distant metastasis. The metastasis of thymic carcinoma to the small intestine is rarely reported and difficult to distinguish ...
Yi Yuan, Hong Pu, Ming-hui Pang, Yi-sha Liu, Hang Li   +4 more
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De novo thymic carcinoma or malignant transformation: a myasthenic patient presented with multiple mediastinal tumours

Respirology Case Reports, 2020
A 63‐year‐old man presented with bilateral ptosis, and detailed evaluation confirmed ocular myasthenia gravis with three anterior mediastinal masses on computed tomography (CT) of the chest.
Chu‐Pin Pai, Chih‐Ming Lin, Yi‐Chen Yeh, Chien‐Sheng Huang, Biing‐Shiun Huang   +4 more
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Successful Concurrent Chemoradiotherapy with Cisplatin plus Vinorelbine for Locally Advanced Thymic Carcinoma

Case Reports in Oncology, 2014
Little information is available about the usefulness of concurrent chemoradiotherapy for locally advanced thymic carcinoma due to a rare anterior mediastinal tumor.
Toshirou Fukushima, Kazunari Tateishi, Masayuki Hanaoka, Keiichirou Koiwai, Shigeru Sasaki, Tomonobu Koizumi   +5 more
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