Thymic carcinomas are very rare and heterogeneous groups of anterior mediastinum neoformations with an extremely aggressive behavior. Often, the diagnosis is made in the advanced stages. Paraneoplastic syndromes associated with thymic carcinoma are extremely rare. We report a case of a 64-year-old man presenting with early stage thymic carcinoma which was discovered because of associated paraneoplastic dermatomyositis. The dermatomyositis disappeared completely after radical resection of the tumor. After 20-month follow-up, the patient is in good clinical condition without recidivism of disease.
Paraneoplastic dermatomyositis as presentation of thymic carcinoma / Andrea Dell’Amore;Nizar Asadi;Guido Caroli;Giampiero Dolci;Alessandro Bini;Franco Stella. - In: GENERAL THORACIC AND CARDIOVASCULAR SURGERY. - ISSN 1863-6705. - STAMPA. - 61:(2013), pp. 422-425. [10.1007/s11748-012-0144-x]
Paraneoplastic dermatomyositis as presentation of thymic carcinoma
Giampiero Dolci;BINI, ALESSANDRO;STELLA, FRANCO
2013
Abstract
Thymic carcinomas are very rare and heterogeneous groups of anterior mediastinum neoformations with an extremely aggressive behavior. Often, the diagnosis is made in the advanced stages. Paraneoplastic syndromes associated with thymic carcinoma are extremely rare. We report a case of a 64-year-old man presenting with early stage thymic carcinoma which was discovered because of associated paraneoplastic dermatomyositis. The dermatomyositis disappeared completely after radical resection of the tumor. After 20-month follow-up, the patient is in good clinical condition without recidivism of disease.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
