Thymic Carcinoma Presenting as Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

Mamatha Siricilla; Jawairia Memon; Robert Avery

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Thymic Carcinoma Presenting as Disseminated Intravascular Coagulation

Authors: Mamatha Siricilla
Jawairia Memon
Robert Avery
Publication date: 1 January 2014
Publisher: Wiley
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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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