An autopsy case of a cystic variant of thymic carcinoma mimicking a thymic cyst.
An autopsy case of thymic carcinoma is reported. The surgically excised cystic tumour from a 38-year-old Japanese male mimicked a thymic cyst pathologically. After a clinical course of 6 years, postmortem examination disclosed extensive metastases, including cystic lesions lined by benign-looking squamous epithelium. This evidence suggested that the present tumour was not of the specific variants of thymic carcinoma and not a thymic cyst with malignant transformation.
Katoh
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Department of Pathology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Kanagawa, Japan.
Shimamura
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Kakudo
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Osamura
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Tamaoki
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D000328:Adult; D002277:Carcinoma / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*; D003560:Cysts / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D008206:Lymphatic Diseases / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D011859:Radiography; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000473:pathology; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology*