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Mucoepidermoid thymic carcinoma: A challenging mediastinal aspirate
Author(s) -
Kapila Kusum,
Pathan Shahed K.,
Amir Thasneem,
Joneja Munish,
Hebbar Santhosh,
AlAyadhy Bushra
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
diagnostic cytopathology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.417
H-Index - 65
eISSN - 1097-0339
pISSN - 8755-1039
DOI - 10.1002/dc.21037
Subject(s) - medicine , mucoepidermoid carcinoma , confusion , pathology , thymic carcinoma , neoplasm , carcinoma , thymoma , psychology , psychoanalysis
Primary thymic carcinoma—mucoepidermoid cell (MEC) type is rare and only one report describing the cytologic features of this neoplasm in the metastatic site is described. We describe the cytological features of poorly differentiated carcinoma possibly MEC in a 54‐year‐old man who presented with cough, weight loss, and puffiness of face for 3 months. The significance of this infrequently encountered neoplasm lies in its potential confusion of origin of the tumor—thymus or metastases from a primary bronchial MEC. Immunocytochemical profile was suggestive of a thymic carcinoma of the MEC type. Diagn. Cytopathol. 2009. © 2009 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.