Colorectal Cancer Metastasis to the Thymus Gland: Rare Presentation of Colorectal Cancer as Anterior Mediastinal Mass

Despite improved screening modalities, 15–25% of newly diagnosed colorectal cancers are metastatic at the time of diagnosis. The vast majority of these cases present as hepatic metastasis; however, 22% present with concomitant extrahepatic disease. The thymus gland is an uncommon site of metastasis...

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Autores principales: Peters, H. Charles, Liu, Xiuli, Iqbal, Atif, Cunningham, Lisa A., Tan, Sanda A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi Publishing Corporation 2017
Materias:
Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5237732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28116210
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6581965

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5237732/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28116210
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/6581965

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