title: Extensive ossification of thymoma in a child.
abstract: A case of thymoma with extensive ossification in an 8-year-old female child is presented. The presence of extensive ossification in the stroma of the thymoma is an extremely rare feature. To date, there is a single report of ossifying thymoma in children. This report represents the second known case in a child in the worldwide literature.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, LTM Medical College and General Hospital, Mumbai, India. madhu_chaturvedi@yahoo.co.in
authors.forename: Madhu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chaturvedi
authors.forename: Alka D
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Kalgutkar
authors.forename: Jayant V
authors.initials: JV
authors.lastname: Khandekar
mesh_terms: D001707:Biopsy, Needle; D002114:Calcinosis / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D035583:Rare Diseases; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D056346:Sternotomy / Q000379:methods; D013945:Thymoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D013953:Thymus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome