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Metaplastic Thymoma

Known as: Biphasic Thymoma Mixed Polygonal and Spindle Cell Type, Low Grade Thymic Metaplastic Carcinoma, Thymoma with Pseudosarcomatous Stroma 
A rare type of well circumscribed or encapsulated thymoma with a biphasic architecture, consisting of epithelial cell islands and bundles of spindle… (More)
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2017
2017
D2-40 Antibody is a Specific Marker for B2 Thymomas.
The correlation between the worse outcome of thymomas and expression of podoplanin (D2-40 antibody) in neoplastic cells has been… (More)
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2015
2015
Metaplastic thymoma with myasthenia gravis presumably caused by an accumulation of intratumoral immature T cells: a case report.
Among human neoplasms, thymomas are well known for their association with paraneoplastic autoimmune diseases such as myasthenia… (More)
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2014
2014
Type AB thymoma is not a mixed tumor of type A and type B thymomas, but a distinct type of thymoma
Type AB thymoma is generally regarded to be a mixture of type A and type B thymomas, but has not been studied extensively. In… (More)
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2013
2013
Imaging of a case of metaplastic thymoma on 18F-FDG PET/CT.
Metaplastic thymoma is a rare primary thymic epithelial tumor. This report presents the 18F-FDG PET/CT appearance of a… (More)
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2012
2012
Metaplastic Thymoma: Report of 4 Cases
Metaplastic thymoma (MT), accepted in the World Health Organization 2004 scheme, is a circumscribed tumor of the thymus… (More)
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2012
2012
Metaplastic thymoma of the mediastinum. A clinicopathologic, immunohistochemical, and genetic analysis.
Metaplastic thymoma is a rare primary thymic epithelial tumor, and its biologic behavior is uncertain. We report 7 cases of… (More)
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2011
2011
Sarcomatoid thymic carcinoma arising in metaplastic thymoma: a case report.
Metaplastic thymoma is an extremely rare tumor. To date, only 17 cases of metaplastic thymoma have been reported. To the best of… (More)
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2009
2009
Metaplastic thymoma: report of an unusual thymic epithelial neoplasm arising in the wall of a thymic cyst.
In this report, a case of metaplastic thymoma arising in a thymic cyst wall is discussed. The patient was a 61-year-old male… (More)
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2008
2008
Sarcomatoid carcinoma of the thymus arising in metaplastic thymoma.
 
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2006
2006
[Clinicopathologic study of metaplastic thymoma].
OBJECTIVE To study the clinicopathologic characteristics of metaplastic thymoma. METHODS Resection specimens of 3 cases of… (More)
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