Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the thymus gland: a rare tumor.

Banki, Farzaneh; Khalil, Kamal; Kott, Marylee M; Cota, Ana Lucia · Ann Thorac Surg · 2010

case_report · Level V

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Abstract

Thymic carcinomas are rare malignant neoplasms. We present a case of adenoid cystic carcinoma of thymus in a 65-year-old woman that was initially misdiagnosed and was treated as non-small cell carcinoma of the lung. We describe the clinical and pathologic features of this extremely rare thymic epithelial tumor, with survival at 2 years and 6 months of follow-up.

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