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Basaloid carcinoma of the thymus
O Kawashima1, M Kamiyoshihara, S Sakata
1Department of Surgery, National Sanatorium Nishigunma Hospital, Shibukawa, Gunma, Japan. kawasimao@nngh.hosp.go.jp
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
|December 10, 1999
Abstract:
A 58-year-old man was found to have a basaloid carcinoma of the thymus, initially detected as an abnormal shadow on chest radiograph. The patient underwent resection followed by radiotherapy, and has survived 25 months without recurrence. Although this rare tumor may be related to multilocular thymic cyst, its pathogenesis is obscure. We discuss clinicopathologic features of our case and others.