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Thymomas are rare epithelial neoplasms frequently associated with myasthenia gravis, hypogammaglobulinemia, and pure red-cell aplasia.^{1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10,11} In pure red-cell aplasia, autoantibodies against early and late erythroid-cell progenitors or erythropoietin, as well as inhibitory cellular immune mechanisms, have been implicated.^9,10,11 Limited information suggests that patients with pure red-cell aplasia and thymoma have a poor prognosis.^6,7,10

We recently demonstrated a high uptake of indium-labeled octreotide (¹¹¹In-DTPA-d-Phe¹-octreotide) in thymomas, a phenomenon related to the high content of somatostatin receptors in these tumors.¹² The same labeling method has been successful in imaging a wide variety of neuroendocrine tumors.^13,14 Sixteen of 17 thymomas we . . . [Full Text of this Article]

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From the Department of Molecular and Clinical Oncology and Endocrinology (G.P., A.C., E.B., G.L., A.R.B.) and the Department of Hematology (C.S., L.C.), School of Medicine, Federico II University; and the Department of Nuclear Medicine, National Cancer Institute G. Pascale (S.L., E.V., P.V., M.S.) — both in Naples, Italy.

Address reprint requests to Dr. Palmieri at Via S. Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy.

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