title: Adenoid cystic carcinoma of the thymus gland: a rare tumor.
abstract: Thymic carcinomas are rare malignant neoplasms. We present a case of adenoid cystic carcinoma of thymus in a 65-year-old woman that was initially misdiagnosed and was treated as non-small cell carcinoma of the lung. We describe the clinical and pathologic features of this extremely rare thymic epithelial tumor, with survival at 2 years and 6 months of follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Heart and Vascular Institute, The University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. farzaneh.banki@uth.tmc.edu
authors.forename: Farzaneh
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Banki
authors.forename: Kamal
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Khalil
authors.forename: Marylee M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Kott
authors.forename: Ana Lucia
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Cota
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003528:Carcinoma, Adenoid Cystic / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D013908:Thoracotomy; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed