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Spinal cord compression due to metastatic spread from a primary carcinoid tumour of the thymus
1Leicester University Medical School, UK.
Clinical Oncology (Royal College of Radiologists (Great Britain))
|January 1, 1993
Abstract:
We reported a patient with spinal cord compression due to the metastatic spread of a primary carcinoid tumour of the thymus to bone. Prompt surgical decompression with local radiotherapy led to good functional recovery and survival at 2 years without further recurrence.