Primitive neuro-ectodermal tumor of the lung in an adult

A rare case of a thoracic primitive neuro-ectodermal tumor in an adult is presented here. In this case, wide excision surgical excision followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy were delivered. But due to the rapid aggressive progression of the tumor, which is the characteristic of disease, the pati...

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Autores principales: Gaude, G. S., Malur, P. R., Kangale, R., Anurshetru, S.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications 2009
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20442844
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.53233
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author Gaude, G. S.
Malur, P. R.
Kangale, R.
Anurshetru, S.
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Anurshetru, S.
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description A rare case of a thoracic primitive neuro-ectodermal tumor in an adult is presented here. In this case, wide excision surgical excision followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy were delivered. But due to the rapid aggressive progression of the tumor, which is the characteristic of disease, the patient died within four months after the diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-28625142010-05-04 Primitive neuro-ectodermal tumor of the lung in an adult Gaude, G. S. Malur, P. R. Kangale, R. Anurshetru, S. Lung India Case Report A rare case of a thoracic primitive neuro-ectodermal tumor in an adult is presented here. In this case, wide excision surgical excision followed by chemotherapy and radiotherapy were delivered. But due to the rapid aggressive progression of the tumor, which is the characteristic of disease, the patient died within four months after the diagnosis. Medknow Publications 2009 /pmc/articles/PMC2862514/ /pubmed/20442844 http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.53233 Text en © Lung India http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
spellingShingle Case Report
Gaude, G. S.
Malur, P. R.
Kangale, R.
Anurshetru, S.
Primitive neuro-ectodermal tumor of the lung in an adult
title Primitive neuro-ectodermal tumor of the lung in an adult
title_full Primitive neuro-ectodermal tumor of the lung in an adult
title_fullStr Primitive neuro-ectodermal tumor of the lung in an adult
title_full_unstemmed Primitive neuro-ectodermal tumor of the lung in an adult
title_short Primitive neuro-ectodermal tumor of the lung in an adult
title_sort primitive neuro-ectodermal tumor of the lung in an adult
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2862514/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20442844
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/0970-2113.53233
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