Table 4.
Clinical features of thymic (TC) and bronchial carcinoid (BC) tumors in multiple endocrine neoplasia type1 (MEN1)
Feature | BC (n = 13) | TC (n = 7) |
---|---|---|
Mean age at diagnosis, years | 45.1 | 43.0 |
Men, % | 61 % | 100 % |
BC or TC as initial feature of MEN1 | 31 % | 14.3 % |
Symptoms at diagnosis | 23.1 % | 57.1 % |
Death a | 0 % | 57.1 % |
Distant metastasis | 0 % | 57.1 % |
aIn the BC tumor group, there were two deaths of unknown cause. In the TC group, the cause of death in one patient was unknown