[Multimodal treatment of thymic carcinoid: a case report].

Thymic carcinoid account for cca 0.4 % of all carcinoid tumors in the body [1]. As compared to other neuroendocrinne tumors, high rates of reccurences after surgery, more aggressive behaviour and relatively high rates of paraneoplastic syndromes are characteristic for thymic carcinoid.

Pituitary Metastasis in a Patient with Pulmonary Adenocarcinoma Presenting with a Disturbance of Consciousness.

Background: Brain metastases are one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality of patients with oncological disease. In non-small cell lung carcinoma (NSCLC), the risk of CNS secondary development is 30-50%. An unusual diagnostic and therapeutic problem is the finding of suspicious pituitary lesions.