title: Tubular adenocarcinoma of the thymus: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Isahaya Health Insurance General Hospital, 24-1, Eishohigashi-machi, Isahaya 854-8501, Japan. toyosawai@yahoo.co.jp
authors.forename: Toyomitsu
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sawai
authors.forename: Yuichi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Inoue
authors.forename: Seiji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Doi
authors.forename: Yasushi
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Ikuta
authors.forename: Koji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kimino
authors.forename: Masahiro
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Nakashima
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Soda
authors.forename: Shigeru
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kohno
mesh_terms: 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
chemical_list: D015295:Antigens, Tumor-Associated, Carbohydrate; D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D002272:Carcinoembryonic Antigen