Thoracic Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor: An Unusual Case and Literature Review

We describe herein a rare case of a primary primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) in the mediastinum of a 75-year-old man. Grossly, the tumor was located in the left upper anterior mediastinum. Transcutaneous fine-needle biopsy (TCNB) revealed small round-cell proliferation. The expression immunohi...

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Autores principales: Kalkan, Kubra Erol, Bilici, Ahmet, Selcukbiricik, Fatih, Unver, Nurcan, Yuksel, Mahmut
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
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Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3674718/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23762725
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/326871
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author Kalkan, Kubra Erol
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description We describe herein a rare case of a primary primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) in the mediastinum of a 75-year-old man. Grossly, the tumor was located in the left upper anterior mediastinum. Transcutaneous fine-needle biopsy (TCNB) revealed small round-cell proliferation. The expression immunohistochemical analysis was confirmed the diagnosis of PNET. He was successfully treated with chemotherapy and is alive with no sign of recurrence for 17 months after the diagnosis.
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spelling pubmed-36747182013-06-12 Thoracic Primitive Neuroectodermal Tumor: An Unusual Case and Literature Review Kalkan, Kubra Erol Bilici, Ahmet Selcukbiricik, Fatih Unver, Nurcan Yuksel, Mahmut Case Rep Pulmonol Case Report We describe herein a rare case of a primary primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) in the mediastinum of a 75-year-old man. Grossly, the tumor was located in the left upper anterior mediastinum. Transcutaneous fine-needle biopsy (TCNB) revealed small round-cell proliferation. The expression immunohistochemical analysis was confirmed the diagnosis of PNET. He was successfully treated with chemotherapy and is alive with no sign of recurrence for 17 months after the diagnosis. Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2013 2013-05-22 /pmc/articles/PMC3674718/ /pubmed/23762725 http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/326871 Text en Copyright © 2013 Kubra Erol Kalkan et al. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3674718/
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