KL-6-producing Invasive Thymoma.

CASE REPORT KL-6-producing Invasive Thymoma

Wereport a patient with KL-6-producing invasive thymoma.A 58-year-old man was admitted complaining of dyspnea and fatigability. Computedtomography of the chest revealed interstitial pneumoniaand an anterior mediastinal tumor. The tumor was surgically extirpated and diagnosed as invasive thymoma. Serum KL-6 levels later increased further and another tumor was found in the liver. That liver tumor...

Salvage chemotherapy for recurrent invasive thymoma.

Invasive thymoma metastatic to the cavernous sinus

BACKGROUND Thymomas are typically benign tumors of thymic epithelium. Metastases to distal sites, particularly intracranial locations, are extremely rare. Herein, we present the third case of thymoma and the second invasive thymoma to metastasize to the cavernous sinus, adjacent to the pituitary. CASE DESCRIPTION A 41-year-old female patient presented with headaches, stuffy nose, and drooping...

Serum KL-6 concentrations in dairy farmers.

STUDY OBJECTIVES Serum KL-6 (Krebs von den Lungen-6) has been recognized to be a marker for the activity of diffuse interstitial lung diseases. The purpose of the study is to evaluate serum KL-6 measurement as a marker for farmer's lung disease (FLD). DESIGN A cross-sectional survey of a cohort of dairy farmers. Retrospective measurement of KL-6 stored serum samples from those dairy farmers p...

Myasthenic crisis induced by chemotherapy in treatment of invasive thymoma.

Myasthenia gravis (Paralysis Suna non Habitualis) is a neuromuscular disease, characterized by fluctuating weakness of skeletal muscles, which is increased by use, at least partially relieved by rest and improves specifically by anticholinesterases. Myasthenic crisis is a life threatening condition in which there is sudden failure in respiratory function due to muscle weakness. It starts with o...