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01-03-2008 | Case Report

Thymoma with ganglioneuroblastomatous component: case report

Authors: Kenji Kashiwabara, Hayato Ikota, Shigebumi Tanaka, Chie Ohta, Toshiki Yajima, Hideki Endoh, Ei Yamaki, Hiroyuki Kuwano, Takashi Nakajima

Published in: Virchows Archiv | Issue 3/2008

Abstract

A mediastinal tumor in a 49-year-old woman with myasthenia gravis is reported. The tumor was well-demarcated and located in the supero-anterior mediastinum. Microscopically, the tumor consisted of thymic and neuroblastic tumor components, the latter of which consisted of immature and maturing neuronal cells, abundant neuropils, and Schwannian stroma. The two components intermingled with each other inside the tumor capsule. The tumor was diagnosed as thymoma with a ganglioneuroblastomatous component. The coexistence of epithelial and neuronal tissues in the thymic neoplasm is extremely rare.

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Title: Thymoma with ganglioneuroblastomatous component: case report
Authors: Kenji Kashiwabara
Hayato Ikota
Shigebumi Tanaka
Chie Ohta
Toshiki Yajima
Hideki Endoh
Ei Yamaki
Hiroyuki Kuwano
Takashi Nakajima
Publication date: 01-03-2008
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Virchows Archiv / Issue 3/2008
Print ISSN: 0945-6317
Electronic ISSN: 1432-2307
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s00428-007-0544-y

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