Carcinoid Tumor in a Mature Thymic Teratoma: A Rare Type of Extra Cardiac Mass

Affiliations

Gregoriana Zanini: U.O.C. Cardiologia, Ospedale la Memoria di Gavardo, Via Gosa n. 74, 25085 Gavardo, Italy
Mariella Chiudinelli: Servizio di 1 Anatomia Patologica, Spedali Civili di Brescia (Brescia), Italy
Luisa Bercich: Servizio di 1 Anatomia Patologica, Spedali Civili di Brescia (Brescia), Italy
Alessandra Pelati: U.O.C. Cardiologia, Ospedale la Memoria di Gavardo, Via Gosa n. 74, 25085 Gavardo, Italy
Monica Bortolotti: U.O.C. Cardiologia, Ospedale la Memoria di Gavardo, Via Gosa n. 74, 25085 Gavardo, Italy
Gian Franco Pasini: U.O.C. Cardiologia, Ospedale la Memoria di Gavardo, Via Gosa n. 74, 25085 Gavardo, Italy

Abstract

We describe the case of a young female affected by a thymus teratoma coexisting with carcinoid tumor.

ISSN: 2090-6986 (Print); 2090-6994 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Internal medicine: Specialties of internal medicine: Diseases of the circulatory (Cardiovascular) system
Website: https://www.hindawi.com/journals/crivam/