دورية أكاديمية
Superior vena caval syndrome and ipsilateral pleural effusion: A rare presentation of anterior mediastinal thymoma
| العنوان: | Superior vena caval syndrome and ipsilateral pleural effusion: A rare presentation of anterior mediastinal thymoma |
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| المؤلفون: | Anirban Das, Sudipta Pandit, Sabyasachi Choudhury, Sibes K Das, Sumitra Basuthakur |
| المصدر: | Lung India, Vol 31, Iss 4, Pp 383-386 (2014) |
| بيانات النشر: | Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014. |
| سنة النشر: | 2014 |
| المجموعة: | LCC:Diseases of the respiratory system |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Pleural effusion, superior vena caval obstruction, thymoma, Diseases of the respiratory system, RC705-779 |
| الوصف: | Incidence of thymic malignancies is very low. Thymoma, a tumor of thymus gland, is of epithelial origin and is most common anterior mediastinal tumor. In most cases, thymomas are localized and locally advanced thymomas may rarely present with superior vena caval obstruction (SVCO) and malignant pleural deposits. Microscopically, capsular invasion is noted in case of locally advanced thymomas, which behave like a malignant neoplasm. Complete surgical removal of the tumor along with intact capsule is the treatment modality of choice in case of localized tumors. Neoadjuvant radiotherapy (RT) and chemotherapy followed by surgical resection of residual tumor is useful in case of locally advanced tumors. RT is especially useful in case of SVCO to relieve the distressing respiratory symptoms. Here, we report a rare case of locally advanced thymoma, complicated by SVCO and ipsilateral pleural effusion in a 53-year-old male patient. |
| نوع الوثيقة: | article |
| وصف الملف: | electronic resource |
| اللغة: | English |
| تدمد: | 0970-2113 0974-598X |
| Relation: | http://www.lungindia.com/article.asp?issn=0970-2113;year=2014;volume=31;issue=4;spage=383;epage=386;aulast=Das; https://doaj.org/toc/0970-2113; https://doaj.org/toc/0974-598X |
| DOI: | 10.4103/0970-2113.142126 |
| URL الوصول: | https://doaj.org/article/d6d83943c17d489faca05a98bcca362d |
| رقم الأكسشن: | edsdoj.6d83943c17d489faca05a98bcca362d |
| قاعدة البيانات: | Directory of Open Access Journals |
Full Text Finder | تدمد: | 09702113 0974598X |
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| DOI: | 10.4103/0970-2113.142126 |