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A Rare Case of Mediastinal Mass: Thymoma and Thymic Tumor [PDF]

, 2023
Thymomas and thymic carcinomas are rare mediastinal neoplasms arising from thymic epithelial cells, and the presence of synchronous or metachronous primary thymic neoplasms in a single patient is an extremely rare event.
Dias, Rita R, Baptista, Patrícia, Bertão, Manuela, Pichel, Rita C, Moura De Azevedo, Sofia, Rita C Pichel, Patrícia Baptista, Rita R Dias, Sofia Moura de Azevedo, Manuela Bertão   +9 more
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A multiparameter diagnostic model based on MRI volumetric ADC histogram and clinical variables accurately differentiates thymic epithelial tumors from mediastinal lymphomas [PDF]

BMC Medical Imaging
Background The management and prognosis of each type of anterior mediastinal mass differ substantially. Radical thymectomy is regarded as the preferred surgical approach for resectable thymic epithelial tumors (TETs), whereas chemotherapy is the ...
Luna Wang, Huiyuan Zhu, Yu Zhang, Yan Shen, Lin Zhu, Hong Yu   +5 more
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Mediastinal Parathyroid Cancer

, 2022
Parathyroid cancer (PC) is rare, but its pre-operative recognition is important to choose appropriate access strategies and achieve oncological clearance.
Gabriele Galatá, Galatá, Gabriele, Nadia Talat, Schulte, Klaus-Martin, Talat, Nadia, Klaus-Martin Schulte   +5 more
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A multidisciplinary team approach to a neonate with a rare primary mediastinal tumor: a case report [PDF]

Folia Medica
Primary mediastinal tumors in children are extremely rare, consisting of under 0.1% of neoplasms in this age group. Of these, teratomas represent 8%–16% of the cases.
Stefka Stoichkova, Anna Kaneva-Nencheva, Radka Maslarska, Hristo Shivachev, Dimitar Pechilkov   +4 more
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Carcinoid tumor of the anterior mediastinum in a 38-year-old woman

Radiology Case Reports, 2020
Mediastinal neuroendocrine tumors (NETs) are very rare. They have been estimated to account for approximately 2%-4% of all anterior mediastinal neoplasms. Carcinoid tumors are a type of NET that can occur in a number of locations.
Khoren Abelian, ME, Omobolaji Ismail Akano, Diana Penha, MD, Erique Guedes-Pinto, MD, Marousa Ntouskou   +4 more
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Management of germ cell tumors in children: Approaches to cure [PDF]

, 2002
The introduction of cisplatinum chemotherapy and current advances in the surgical treatment have resulted in a dramatic improvement of the prognosis of children with malignant germ cell tumors (GCT).
Schneider, D. T., P. Schmidt, Schmidt, P., Haas, R. J., Göbel, U., R.J. Haas, U. Goebel, G. Calaminus, D.T. Schneider, Calaminus, G.   +9 more
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Bronchogenic cysts mimicking thymoma in the anterior mediastinum

Respirology Case Reports, 2020
Bronchogenic cysts are commonly located in the middle mediastinal compartment as fluid‐filled cysts and thymoma is one of the most common neoplasms in the anterior mediastinum in adult cases.
Jonggeun Lee, Jee Won Chang
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18 Years Surgical Experience with Mediastinal Mature Teratoma

, 2011
Background/Purpose: Few studies have examined the surgical outcomes of mediastinal mature teratoma in Taiwan. In the present study, the clinicopathological characteristics of mature teratoma and their impact on surgical outcome were analyzed.
CHANG, CHIN-CHIH;CHANG, YIH-LEONG;LEE, JANG-MING;CHEN, JIN-SHING;HSU, HSAO-HSUN;HUANG, PEI-MING;LEE, YUNG-CHIE, 張金池;張逸良;李章銘;陳晉興;徐紹勛;黃培銘;李元麒   +1 more
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Metaplastic thymoma: A rare and indolent subtype

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
Though thymomas are the commonest neoplasms of the anterior mediastinum, metaplastic thymoma is an extremely rare subtype, with only a few reported cases.
Megha Harekrishna Kasture, Chandralekha Shyamsunder Tampi   +1 more
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Klinefelter's syndrome associated with mediastinal germ cell neoplasms.

, 1987
Several case reports have suggested an association of primary mediastinal germ cell tumor (PMGCT) and Klinefelter's syndrome (KS). In an effort to confirm this association, 22 patients with mediastinal germ cell tumors had chromosome studies performed ...
L H Einhorn, P J Loehrer, S D Williams, C R Nichols, N A Heerema, C Palmer   +5 more
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