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Siricilla M, Memon J, Avery R. Thymic carcinoma presenting as disseminated intravascular coagulation. Case Rep Oncol Med. 2014;2014:202943doi: 10.1155/2014/202943.
Siricilla, M., Memon, J., & Avery, R. (2014). Thymic carcinoma presenting as disseminated intravascular coagulation. Case reports in oncological medicine, 2014202943. https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/202943
Siricilla, Mamatha, et al. "Thymic carcinoma presenting as disseminated intravascular coagulation." Case reports in oncological medicine vol. 2014 (2014): 202943. doi: https://doi.org/10.1155/2014/202943
Siricilla M, Memon J, Avery R. Thymic carcinoma presenting as disseminated intravascular coagulation. Case Rep Oncol Med. 2014;2014:202943. doi: 10.1155/2014/202943. Epub 2014 Nov 12. PMID: 25478263; PMCID: PMC4244944.
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Case Rep Oncol Med. 2014;2014:202943. doi: 10.1155/2014/202943. Epub 2014 Nov 12.

Thymic carcinoma presenting as disseminated intravascular coagulation.

Case reports in oncological medicine

Mamatha Siricilla, Jawairia Memon, Robert Avery

Affiliations

  1. University of Alabama Birmingham Montgomery Internal Medicine, Montgomery, AL 36116, USA.

PMID: 25478263 PMCID: PMC4244944 DOI: 10.1155/2014/202943

Abstract

Thymomas and thymic carcinomas are rare tumors, which originate from the epithelial cells of the thymus. We present a case of thymic carcinoma, which presented with DIC as an initial manifestation. DIC improved with corticosteroid treatment and thymic carcinoma was amendable to chemoradiation.

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