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SOUTHERN MEDICAL JOURNAL
Volume 101, Issue 7, Pages 764-766Publisher
LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS
DOI: 10.1097/SMJ.0b013e31817a8bb7
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thymic; carcinoma; brain; metastasis; SIADH
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A 49-year-old white female presented to the emergency room complaining of severe headaches. A brain computed tomography (CT) showed a large right temporal mass that measured 2.9 X 5 cm. Sodium was low at admission, which indicated syndrome of inappropriate secretion of antidiuretic hormone (SIADH). Her pituitary gland was enlarged. Thorax CT revealed a large anterior mediastinal mass measuring 6.3 X 3.6 cm. Pathology revealed a poorly differentiated carcinoma arising from the thymus. This case is unique because thymic cancer rarely results in brain metastases and very rarely causes SIADH with changes in pituitary volume and signal quality.
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