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15754301

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-3-8
pubmed:abstractText
Primary thymic adenocarcinoma, mucinous subtype, is extremely rare with only one case reported to date. We describe herein a case of thymic mucinous adenocarcinoma. A 59-year-old man was identified to have an anterior mediastinal tumor and was diagnosed as mucinous adenocarcinoma. Clinical and radiographic examinations disclosed no evidence of tumor elsewhere. The patient received radiotherapy, but the general condition deteriorated and died 11 months after tumor detection. Thoracic autopsy revealed an anterior mediastinal tumor measuring greater than 10 cm, uncapsulated, and white. The tumor had clear margins and was clearly isolated from the lung. Histologically, the tumor demonstrated papillary, acinar, and cribriform structure and produced abundant extracellular mucin. Immunohistochemically, most tumor cells were positive for cytokeratin 7, were partially positive for CD5, and were negative for TTF-1, Sp-A, CDX-2, MUC2, napsin A, and cytokeratin 20. Collectively, the diagnosis of the tumor was primary mucinous adenocarcinoma of the thymus. We propose that the mucinous subtype should be recognized as one of the histopathological entities of thymic adenocarcinoma.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0046-8177
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
36
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
219-23
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2005
pubmed:articleTitle
Adenocarcinoma of the thymus: mucinous subtype.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Respiratory Medicine, Juntendo University, School of Medicine, Tokyo 113-8421, Japan. fumiyuki@med.juntendo.ac.jp
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Case Reports