Thymic carcinoma associated with paraneoplastic polymyositis

J Clin Oncol. 2009 Aug 1;27(22):e33-4. doi: 10.1200/JCO.2009.22.1176. Epub 2009 Jun 8.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones / administration & dosage
  • Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols / therapeutic use
  • Biopsy, Needle
  • Disease Progression
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous / administration & dosage
  • Immunohistochemistry
  • Male
  • Neoplasm Invasiveness / pathology
  • Neoplasm Staging
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes / diagnosis
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes / etiology*
  • Paraneoplastic Syndromes / therapy
  • Polymyositis / diagnosis
  • Polymyositis / etiology*
  • Polymyositis / therapy
  • Positron-Emission Tomography
  • Radiotherapy, Adjuvant
  • Rare Diseases
  • Risk Assessment
  • Thymoma / complications*
  • Thymoma / diagnostic imaging
  • Thymoma / pathology*
  • Thymoma / therapy
  • Thymus Neoplasms / complications*
  • Thymus Neoplasms / diagnostic imaging
  • Thymus Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Thymus Neoplasms / therapy
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed
  • Young Adult

Substances

  • Adrenal Cortex Hormones
  • Immunoglobulins, Intravenous