Pine Needle Aspiration Cytology of a Thymic Carcinoid Tumor - A Case Report

• Published in: Taehan Sepo Pyŏngri Hakhoe chi Vol. 16; no. 1; pp. 41 - 46
• Main Authors: 오영하, 장기석, 송영수, 이철범, 박충기, 박문향, 박용욱, Oh, Young-Ha, Jang, Ki-Seok, Song, Young-Soo, Lee, Chul-Burm, Park, Choong-Ki, Park, Moon-Hyang, Park, Yong-Wook
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Korean
• Published: 2005
• Subjects: Fine needle aspiration cytology; Carcinoid tumor; Thymus

Carcinoid tumors of the thymus are vanishingly rare, and the characteristic cytologic findings of this condition have never before been reported in Korea. Recently, we encountered a 58-year-old woman who had been suffering from general weakness and weight loss for several months. Radiological imagin...