Spinal Metastasis Resulting from Atypical Thymic Carcinoid: A Case Report. 2018

Xinjie Wu, and Yingna Qi, and Feng Yang, and Mingsheng Tan, and Jie Lin
Department of Spine Surgery, China-Japan Friendship Hospital, Beijing, P. R. China; Graduate School of Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, P. R. China.

BACKGROUND Thymic carcinoid with spinal metastasis is an extremely rare entity. Clinically, the tumor presents either by its endocrine manifestations or by mechanical compression of surrounding structures. However, no previously published case studies have reported neck pain and neurologic deficit in the initial presentation of an atypical thymic carcinoid. METHODS A 56-year-old man, a nonsmoker, presented with a 12-month history of intermittent neck pain and a 1-month history of progressive numbness and weakness of the right upper limb. Cervical MRI showed multiple abnormal signals and C2 soft-tissue mass intruding into the vertebral canal. Cervical CT scan showed multiple bone lesions. The diagnosis of thymic carcinoid was obtained by preoperative lymph node biopsy. The patient underwent cervical laminectomy and occipitocervical fixation. Significant alleviation of pain and neurologic improvement were achieved. The postoperative pathological examination confirmed the diagnosis of thymic carcinoid. CONCLUSIONS Neck pain and neurologic deficit could be the first presentation of thymic carcinoid with spinal metastasis. Palliative surgery is an effective method to improve quality of life in patients with thymic carcinoid with spinal metastasis.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007796 Laminectomy A surgical procedure that entails removing all (laminectomy) or part (laminotomy) of selected vertebral lamina to relieve pressure on the SPINAL CORD and/or SPINAL NERVE ROOTS. Vertebral lamina is the thin flattened posterior wall of vertebral arch that forms the vertebral foramen through which pass the spinal cord and nerve roots. Laminotomy,Laminectomies,Laminotomies
D008297 Male Males
D008875 Middle Aged An adult aged 45 - 64 years. Middle Age
D010166 Palliative Care Care alleviating symptoms without curing the underlying disease. (Stedman, 25th ed) Palliative Treatment,Palliative Supportive Care,Palliative Surgery,Palliative Therapy,Surgery, Palliative,Therapy, Palliative,Care, Palliative,Palliative Treatments,Supportive Care, Palliative,Treatment, Palliative,Treatments, Palliative
D002276 Carcinoid Tumor A usually small, slow-growing neoplasm composed of islands of rounded, oxyphilic, or spindle-shaped cells of medium size, with moderately small vesicular nuclei, and covered by intact mucosa with a yellow cut surface. The tumor can occur anywhere in the gastrointestinal tract (and in the lungs and other sites); approximately 90% arise in the appendix. It is now established that these tumors are of neuroendocrine origin and derive from a primitive stem cell. (From Stedman, 25th ed & Holland et al., Cancer Medicine, 3d ed, p1182) Argentaffinoma,Carcinoid,Carcinoid, Goblet Cell,Argentaffinomas,Carcinoid Tumors,Carcinoids,Carcinoids, Goblet Cell,Goblet Cell Carcinoid,Goblet Cell Carcinoids,Tumor, Carcinoid,Tumors, Carcinoid
D003131 Combined Modality Therapy The treatment of a disease or condition by several different means simultaneously or sequentially. Chemoimmunotherapy, RADIOIMMUNOTHERAPY, chemoradiotherapy, cryochemotherapy, and SALVAGE THERAPY are seen most frequently, but their combinations with each other and surgery are also used. Multimodal Treatment,Therapy, Combined Modality,Combined Modality Therapies,Modality Therapies, Combined,Modality Therapy, Combined,Multimodal Treatments,Therapies, Combined Modality,Treatment, Multimodal,Treatments, Multimodal
D003937 Diagnosis, Differential Determination of which one of two or more diseases or conditions a patient is suffering from by systematically comparing and contrasting results of diagnostic measures. Diagnoses, Differential,Differential Diagnoses,Differential Diagnosis
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013125 Spinal Neoplasms New abnormal growth of tissue in the SPINE. Neoplasm, Spinal,Neoplasms, Spinal,Spinal Neoplasm
D013953 Thymus Neoplasms Tumors or cancer of the THYMUS GLAND. Cancer of Thymus,Thymus Cancer,Thymus Tumors,Cancer of the Thymus,Neoplasms, Thymic,Neoplasms, Thymus,Thymic Cancer,Thymic Neoplasms,Thymic Tumors,Cancer, Thymic,Cancer, Thymus,Cancers, Thymic,Cancers, Thymus,Neoplasm, Thymic,Neoplasm, Thymus,Thymic Cancers,Thymic Neoplasm,Thymic Tumor,Thymus Cancers,Thymus Neoplasm,Thymus Tumor,Tumor, Thymic,Tumor, Thymus,Tumors, Thymic,Tumors, Thymus

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