| Literature DB >> 18094997 |
Kenji Kashiwabara1, Hayato Ikota, Shigebumi Tanaka, Chie Ohta, Toshiki Yajima, Hideki Endoh, Ei Yamaki, Hiroyuki Kuwano, Takashi Nakajima.
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.Entities:
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Year: 2008 PMID： 18094997 DOI： 10.1007/s00428-007-0544-y
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Virchows Arch ISSN： 0945-6317 Impact factor: 4.064