Thymoma: A case report and update

Thymomas are slow growing, evolve with metastasis and commonly present as ipsilateral pleural involvement along with the primary tumour of the mediastinum. Early-stage recognition and treatment with surgical resection and postoperative chemoradiotherapy may offer a better 10-year survival rate.

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Autores principales: Mathiselvan, N, Irusen, E M, Koegelenberg, C F N
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: South African Medical Association 2019
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8278991/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34286242
http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/SARJ.2019.v25i1.229
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spelling pubmed-82789912021-07-19 Thymoma: A case report and update Mathiselvan, N Irusen, E M Koegelenberg, C F N Afr J Thorac Crit Care Med Case Report Thymomas are slow growing, evolve with metastasis and commonly present as ipsilateral pleural involvement along with the primary tumour of the mediastinum. Early-stage recognition and treatment with surgical resection and postoperative chemoradiotherapy may offer a better 10-year survival rate. South African Medical Association 2019-04-12 /pmc/articles/PMC8278991/ /pubmed/34286242 http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/SARJ.2019.v25i1.229 Text en https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial Works License (CC BY-NC 4.0) (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Thymoma: A case report and update
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8278991/
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