title: Thymic lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma associated with thymoma in a patient with ocular myasthenia.
abstract: A 65-year-old woman with ocular myasthenia was found to have three tumours in the anterior mediastinum, revealed by magnetic resonance imaging. All three lesions were radically resected. Histologically, one was a mixed-type thymoma, one a thymic lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma, and the third had features of both these types. This appears to be the first reported case of coexisting thymic lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (TLC) and thymoma associated with ocular myasthenia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China.
authors.forename: N Y
authors.initials: NY
authors.lastname: Hsu
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Hsieh
authors.forename: Y F
authors.initials: YF
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Kao
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Chang
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D001706:Biopsy; D001763:Blepharoptosis / Q000150:complications*; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D003131:Combined Modality Therapy; D005260:Female; D004854:Herpesvirus 4, Human / Q000302:isolation & purification; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D009157:Myasthenia Gravis / Q000150:complications*; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy; D012074:Remission Induction; D013945:Thymoma / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000209:etiology* / Q000473:pathology / Q000628:therapy