Siricilla Mamatha, Memon Jawairia, Avery Robert
University of Alabama Birmingham Montgomery Internal Medicine, Montgomery, AL 36116, USA.
Case Rep Oncol Med. 2014;2014:202943. doi: 10.1155/2014/202943. Epub 2014 Nov 12.
Thymomas and thymic carcinomas are rare tumors, which originate from the epithelial cells of the thymus. We present a case of thymic carcinoma, which presented with DIC as an initial manifestation. DIC improved with corticosteroid treatment and thymic carcinoma was amendable to chemoradiation.
胸腺瘤和胸腺癌是罕见的肿瘤,起源于胸腺的上皮细胞。我们报告一例以弥散性血管内凝血(DIC)为首发表现的胸腺癌病例。DIC经皮质类固醇治疗后好转,胸腺癌对放化疗敏感。