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ArticleBMJ case reports2017

A rare highly aggressive tumour: lymphoepithelioma-like thymic carcinoma.

Joanne Michelle Dumlao Gomez, Gulrana Syed, Michael Lawrenz Ferreras Co, Mohamed Bayoumi, Richard Abrams

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Article in BMJ case reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
0.2field-weighted citation impact, top 42% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Successful multimodal treatment of stage IV lymphoepithelioma-like thymic carcinoma.Kardiochirurgia i torakochirurgia polska = Polish journal of cardio-thoracic surgery · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Joanne Michelle Dumlao GomezDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Gulrana SyedDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Michael Lawrenz Ferreras CoDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Mohamed BayoumiDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Richard AbramsDepartment of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Rush University Medical Center · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Lymphoepithelioma-likethymic carcinoma is a rare neoplasm that presents with compressive symptoms or as an incidental radiological finding of an anterior mediastinal mass. It is an aggressive carcinoma with a high rate of invasion, metastasis and recurrence. Its diagnosis usually carries a poor prognosis largely due to propensity for late diagnosis. To date, guidance for treatment remains limited. This is a case of lymphoepithelioma-like thymic carcinoma in a young male adult who presented initially with back pain. Despite prompt initiation of chemotherapy with cisplatin, doxorubicin and cyclophosphamide, he had a complicated hospital course leading to demise within 2 months of diagnosis.

Indexed as

AdultAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsCarcinomaDiagnosis, DifferentialHumansLow Back PainMagnetic Resonance ImagingMalePalliative CareThymomaThymus NeoplasmsTomography, X-Ray ComputedChemotherapyOncology

Identifiers

PMID28942409
PMCPMC5747802
OpenAlexW2759854043

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