1. Dramatic response of recurrent invasive thymoma to high doses of corticosteroids
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C. Kirkove, H. Noel, J. Van de Merckt, and J. Berghmans
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Thymoma ,Salvage therapy ,Methylprednisolone ,Remission induction ,Neoplasm Recurrence ,Widely Invasive Thymoma ,hemic and lymphatic diseases ,High doses ,Humans ,Medicine ,Neoplasm Invasiveness ,Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Complete response ,Salvage Therapy ,business.industry ,Remission Induction ,Thymus Neoplasms ,Invasive thymoma ,medicine.disease ,Myasthenia gravis ,Surgery ,Oncology ,Neoplasm Recurrence, Local ,business - Abstract
We report the case of a widely invasive thymoma non-associated with myasthenia gravis which responded only to high doses of corticosteroids. We review the other few reported cases of complete response achieved by this treatment and we stress the possible use of high doses of corticosteroids in the management of recurrent invasive thymoma.
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- 1992
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