Papillary carcinoma of the thymus gland.

Yoshino, Mitsuru; Hiroshima, Kenzo; Motohashi, Shinichiro; Shibuya, Kiyoshi; Iyoda, Akira; Sekine, Yasuo; Fujisawa, Takehiko · Ann Thorac Surg · 2005

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

In 1999, the World Health Organization introduced a new classification of a rare thymic cancer called papillary adenocarcinoma of the thymus gland. In this study we report on a case of papillary thymic carcinoma in a 29-year-old woman. Histologically, the tumor consisted of a papillary component admixed with a solid component, a component that is commonly found in type A thymoma.

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