Fine needle aspiration cytology of thymic tumors.
Cytologic material was reviewed from 23 mediastinal tumors clinically suspected as thymomas. The thymomas had a characteristic biphasic cell pattern in material obtained by fine needle aspiration biopsy that was easy to recognize and possible to differentiate from carcinoid tumors, malignant lymphomas and oat-cell carcinomas.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002276:Carcinoid Tumor / Q000175:diagnosis; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000175:diagnosis; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008223:Lymphoma / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D013945:Thymoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000145:classification / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology