[Thymoma of fusiform cells. Report of a case].
A 63 yo female was hospitalized with a 2 week history of vomiting, epigastric pain, anorexia and weight loss. She had an incidental finding of left anterior upper mediastinal mass on Chest Xray and TSP of 2.2 gm% and globulins of 1.2 gm% along with endobronchial larvae of Ascaris lumbricoides and malignant cells and Strongyloides stercoralis in the gastric mucosa. She died after a progressively deteriorating course and at autopsy a thymoma predominantly composed of spindle shaped cells was found. This rare variant of thymoma has been associated with red cell agenesis and with immunodeficiency (Good's syndrome).
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D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D013945:Thymoma / Q000473:pathology*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*
Timoma de células fusiformes. Informe de un caso.