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ArticleCureus2025

Atypical Thymic Carcinoid Presenting as a Mediastinal Mass: A Case Report.

Elgun Valiyev, İsmail Tombul, Tugce A Akbal Ersöz, Ulker Karagece, Muhammet Sayan

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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5 authors.

Elgun ValiyevThoracic Surgery, Gazi University Hospital, Ankara, TUR.
İsmail TombulThoracic Surgery, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, TUR.
Tugce A Akbal ErsözPathology, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, TUR.
Ulker KaragecePathology, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, TUR.
Muhammet SayanThoracic Surgery, Gazi University, Ankara, TUR.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Thymic neuroendocrine tumors are extremely rare and have generally been reported in the literature as individual case reports. Unlike their counterparts in other organs, thymic atypical carcinoid tumors usually exhibit aggressive behavior. Complete surgical resection is the recommended treatment. Herein, we present the case of a 70-year-old male patient who underwent surgery with a preliminary diagnosis of thymoma due to an anterior mediastinal mass and whose pathology was reported as a thymic atypical carcinoid tumor.

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atypical carcinoid tumormediastinal massneuroendocrine tumorsthoracic surgerythymectomy

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PMID41185803
PMCPMC12579788

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