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<journal-meta>
<journal-id>1029-3019</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[MEDISAN]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[MEDISAN]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1029-3019</issn>
<publisher>
<publisher-name><![CDATA[Centro Provincial de Información de Ciencias Médicas]]></publisher-name>
</publisher>
</journal-meta>
<article-meta>
<article-id>S1029-30192018000900961</article-id>
<title-group>
<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Carcinoma tímico en un adulto]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Thymic carcinoma in an adult]]></article-title>
</title-group>
<contrib-group>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arias Beatón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Ernesto]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Arias Beatón]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Martha Beatriz]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
<contrib contrib-type="author">
<name>
<surname><![CDATA[Munder Despaigne]]></surname>
<given-names><![CDATA[Nancy Nuri]]></given-names>
</name>
<xref ref-type="aff" rid="Aff"/>
</contrib>
</contrib-group>
<aff id="Af1">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Hospital General Docente &#8220;Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso&#8221;, ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<aff id="Af2">
<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad de Ciencias Médicas Policlínico Docente &#8220;Armando García Aspurú&#8221; ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Santiago de Cuba ]]></addr-line>
<country>Cuba</country>
</aff>
<pub-date pub-type="pub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>00</day>
<month>12</month>
<year>2018</year>
</pub-date>
<volume>22</volume>
<numero>9</numero>
<fpage>961</fpage>
<lpage>969</lpage>
<copyright-statement/>
<copyright-year/>
<self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1029-30192018000900961&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1029-30192018000900961&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://scielo.sld.cu/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1029-30192018000900961&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[RESUMEN Se presenta el caso clínico de un paciente de 50 años de edad, quien acudió a la consulta de Oncología del Hospital General Docente &#8220;Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso&#8221; de Santiago de Cuba, por presentar un tumor tímico de 4 meses de evolución. Se le realizó timectomía y linfadenectomía mediastinal, así como una biopsia que indicó la presencia de carcinoma tímico de tipo linfoepitelioma (II) de alto grado de malignidad, estadio IVA; por tal razón se decidió efectuar tratamiento con quimioterapia y radioterapia. Debido a la persistencia del tumor se planificó la segunda línea de quimioterapia, pero el paciente falleció.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[ABSTRACT The case report of a 50 year-old patient is presented who visited the Oncology department of "Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso" Teaching General Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, due to a 4 months thymic tumor. A thymectomy and mediastinal lymphadenectomy were carried out , as well as a biopsy which indicated the presence of thymic carcinoma, type II lymphoepithelioma of high degree of malignancy, stage IV A; for such a reason it was decided to carry out a treatment with chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Due to the tumor persistence the second chemotherapy line was planned, but the patient died.]]></p></abstract>
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<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[carcinoma tímico]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[timectomía]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[linfadenectomía mediastinal]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[quimioterapia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="es"><![CDATA[radioterapia]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[thymic carcinoma]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[thymectomy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[mediastinal lymphadenectomy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[chemotherapy]]></kwd>
<kwd lng="en"><![CDATA[radiotherapy]]></kwd>
</kwd-group>
</article-meta>
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