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Pigmented spindle cell variant of a thymic atypical carcinoid in an octogenarian

BACKGROUND: A pigmented carcinoid is an extremely rare variant of carcinoid characterized by melanin pigmentation of the tumor, with only five cases described in the literature. In addition, thymic carcinoids are rare in elderly patients and their prognosis after resection of the carcinoid tumor is...

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Autores principales: Sakamaki, Yasushi, Tanaka, Ryo, Ishida, Daisuke, Tsuji, Hiromi, Mike, Asako, Yasuoka, Hironao
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2021
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7788128/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33409736
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s40792-020-01094-3