title: Thymoma: a clinicopathological comparative study of 25 cases.
abstract: We reviewed 25 patients with thymoma for clinical symptoms at presentation, X-ray findings and outcome. The tumours of all patients were classified using 3 different pathologic classification systems and each system was evaluated for its predictive power with respect to survival. The recent classification system by Müller-Hermelink allowed to distinguish thymomas with associated systemic syndromes from those without. However, no good prediction with respect to outcome could be made by any of the 3 systems.
authors.affiliation: Dept of Respiratory diseases, University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Offner
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vallaeys
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Roels
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Van der Straeten
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D016019:Survival Analysis; D013945:Thymoma / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000473:pathology*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000473:pathology* / Q000628:therapy; D016896:Treatment Outcome