Thymic carcinoma presenting as disseminated intravascular coagulation. 2014

Mamatha Siricilla, and Jawairia Memon, and Robert Avery
University of Alabama Birmingham Montgomery Internal Medicine, Montgomery, AL 36116, USA.

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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