Thymic lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma associated with thymoma in a patient with ocular myasthenia.
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.
Hsu
N Y
NY
Department of Surgery, Chang-Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Republic of China.
Lin
J W
JW
Hsieh
M J
MJ
Lai
Y F
YF
Kao
C L
CL
Chang
J P
JP
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