A confrontation between clinical and pathological aspects of thymomas operated at Viet Duc Hospital
- Author:
Cuong Phuc Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
thymoma
- MeSH:
Thymoma
- From:Journal of Vietnamese Medicine
1999;233(2):61-66
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
The authors presented 37 cases of thymomas operated at Viet Duc Hospital during 1998-2002. The results: 31 males and 6 females with medium age 46.8. The microscopic features were: medullary thymoma: 1, mixt type: 6, predominantly cortical thymomas: 4, cortical thymomas: 4, squamous cell carcinomas: 11 (4 keratinazing and 7 nonkeratinazing, basaloid carcinomas: 2, clear cell carcinoma: 1, small cell carcinoma: 6, sarcomatous carcinoma: 1 and anaplastic carcinoma: 1. Eleven cases developed the superior vena caval syndrome and most of these indicated the malignancy in the microscopic features. The relations between clinical and pathological aspects were discussed.
