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A Rare Case of Giant Neuroendocrine Tumor of the Thymus Treated with EN Bloc Resection

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DOI: 10.23958/ijirms/vol04-i02/516· Pages: 114 to 116· Vol. 4, No. 02, (2019)· Published: February 3, 2019
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Abstract

Neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are epithelial neoplasms with predominant neuroendocrine differentiation that arise in most organs of the body. Neuroendocrine tumors of the thymus (tNET) and mediastinum are very uncommon. We report the case of a 49-year-old male patient with neuroendocrine tumor of the thymus, superiorly in the anterior mediastinum, asymptomatic of the respiratory tract presenting with epigastric pain, treated with the lesion's surgical resection en bloc associated with radiotherapy and chemotherapy.

Keywords

ThymusNeuroendocrine tumors of the thymus (tNET)Carcinoid tumorSurgical resection
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João Isidro Fracasso
1 Departamento de Cirurgia, Hospital São Vicente de Paulo (HSVP). Passo Fundo, RS, Brasil. 2 Clínica do Pulmão. Passo Fundo, RS, Brasil.
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Antônio Benincá Albuquerque
3 Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF). Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
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André Luca Boeira Rovani
Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Passo Fundo, Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil
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Larissa Maroni
3 Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF). Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
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Guilherme Baroni de Macedo
1 Departamento de Cirurgia, Hospital São Vicente de Paulo (HSVP). Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil. 2 Clínica do Pulmão. Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
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Leonardo Priori
1 Departamento de Cirurgia, Hospital São Vicente de Paulo (HSVP). Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil. 2 Clínica do Pulmão. Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
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Vinícius Buaes Dal'Maso
2 Clínica do Pulmão. Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil. 3 Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF). Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
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Pedro Moacir Braghirolli Braghini
4 Departamento de Oncologia, Hospital São Vicente de Paulo (HSVP). Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
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Cássia Beltrame
2 Clínica do Pulmão. Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil. 3 Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Passo Fundo (UPF). Passo Fundo, RS, Brazil.
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