Onen Ahmet, Sanli Aydin, Karapolat Sami, Hayretdag Ahu, Acikel Unal
Department of Thoracic Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey.
Thorac Surg Sci. 2006 Dec 6;3:Doc05.
Thymic carcinoid tumors belong to the group of mediastinal tumors, but are quite rare and usually carry a very poor prognosis. This report illustrates a case in which a thymic carcinoid tumor that had led to cavernous sinus syndrome was treated successfully. This is the first case report of a thymic carcinoid to metastasize to the cavernous sinus.
胸腺类癌肿瘤属于纵隔肿瘤,但相当罕见,通常预后很差。本报告阐述了一例导致海绵窦综合征的胸腺类癌肿瘤成功得到治疗的病例。这是首例胸腺类癌转移至海绵窦的病例报告。