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Cytologically malignant thymoma with distant metastasis
Author(s) -
Minkowitz Stanley,
Solomon Lydia,
Nicastri Anthony D.
Publication year - 1968
Publication title -
cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 3.052
H-Index - 304
eISSN - 1097-0142
pISSN - 0008-543X
DOI - 10.1002/1097-0142(196803)21:3<426::aid-cncr2820210311>3.0.co;2-1
Subject(s) - medicine , thymoma , autopsy , thoracotomy , metastasis , lesion , pathology , metastatic lesion , radiology , surgery , cancer
The clinical history and autopsy findings of a patient with a cytologically malignant thymoma which metastasized widely is reviewed. The histologic structure of the primary lesion resected at thoracotomy is of prognostic significance. This patient died 5 months following thoracotomy. A significant relationship between cytologic findings in thymic tumors and subsequent clinical behavior has been denied by some observers.