title: Primary pleural thymoma with coexistent incidental small hepatocellular carcinoma - an autopsy case report with brief review of literature.
abstract: Primary pleural thymomas are rare tumors often mistaken for malignant mesothelioma clinically and radiologically. An autopsy case report of primary pleural thymoma associated with a coincidental small hepatocellular carcinoma is presented. This case is reported because of the rarity of pleural thymoma and the coincidental finding of a small hepatocellular carcinoma in a non-cirrhotic background. The literature on these two tumors has been reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of General Pathology, Christian Medical College, Vellore 632004, Tamil Nadu, India. mtm2005@cmcvellore.ac.in
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Manipadam
authors.forename: Y M
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Mistry
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ramakrishna
mesh_terms: D006528:Carcinoma, Hepatocellular / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008113:Liver Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009378:Neoplasms, Multiple Primary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D010997:Pleural Neoplasms / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*; D013945:Thymoma / Q000737:chemistry / Q000473:pathology*