Tubular adenocarcinoma of the thymus: case report and review of the literature.
Primary carcinomas of the thymus are rare. A variety of histologic patterns have been reported, and the most common are squamous cell carcinoma, lymphoepithelioma like carcinoma, and basaloid carcinoma. Adenocarcinomas of the thymus are extremely rare. As determined from a literature search, a pure tubular adenocarcinoma has never been previously described, and thus, this is first case report of tubular adenocarcinoma of the thymus. A combined resection of the superior vena cava and pericardium was performed. Immunohistochemically, the tumor cells were positive for CD5.
Sawai
Toyomitsu
T
Department of Internal Medicine, Isahaya Health Insurance General Hospital, 24-1, Eishohigashi-machi, Isahaya 854-8501, Japan. toyosawai@yahoo.co.jp
Inoue
Yuichi
Y
Doi
Seiji
S
Ikuta
Yasushi
Y
Kimino
Koji
K
Nakashima
Masahiro
M
Soda
Hiroshi
H
Kohno
Shigeru
S
D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate / Q000097:blood; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen / Q000097:blood; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D013902:Radiography, Thoracic; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D016896:Treatment Outcome
D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen