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Thymic function and T cell parameters in a natural human experimental model of seasonal infectious diseases and nutritional burden [PDF]

, 2011
BACKGROUND:The study exploits a natural human experimental model of subsistence farmers experiencing chronic and seasonally modified food shortages and infectious burden.
Ngom, Pa T, Solon Juan, Ngom Pa T, Andrew M Prentice, Morgan Gareth, Juan Solon, Prentice Andrew M, Richard Aspinall, Morgan, Gareth, Pa T Ngom, Prentice, Andrew M, Sophie E Moore, Aspinall, Richard, Gareth Morgan, Moore, Sophie E, Solon, Juan, Ngom, Pa T., Moore, Sophie E., Prentice, Andrew M., Aspinall Richard, Moore Sophie E   +20 more
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The challenges in diagnosis of thymic carcinoma [PDF]

, 2022
Thymic Carcinoma (TC) is a rare tumor among the epithelial tumors of the thymus with a challenging diagnosis for pathologists. A case report, a 55-year-old male patient complained of coughing, chest pain, and intermittent shortness of breath for 2 weeks ...
Kusumastuti, E. H. (Etty), Sugianto, Yenny Meilany, Sugianto, Y. M. (Yenny), Kusumastuti, Etty Hary   +3 more
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Ectopic Thymic Carcinoma Located on The Dorsal Side of The Thyroid Gland

Ear, Nose & Throat Journal, 2023
Migration of the embryonic thymus is thought to be the basis for the formation of ectopic thymic tumors. Thymic ectopy may be a result of the abnormal migration of the third or fourth branchial cleft to the anterior mediastinum during weeks 5–6 of ...
Wei Wang BM, Jia-Ying Xu MM, Bo-Tao Zhang BM, Jun Jiang MD   +3 more
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Thymic carcinoma metastasize to the small intestine: a case report

BMC Gastroenterology, 2020
Background Thymic carcinoma is a rare mediastinal neoplasm with a high malignant potential. It often shows pleural invasion and distant metastasis. The metastasis of thymic carcinoma to the small intestine is rarely reported and difficult to distinguish ...
Yi Yuan, Hong Pu, Ming-hui Pang, Yi-sha Liu, Hang Li   +4 more
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Robust and durable response to first-line treatment of pembrolizumab combined with chemotherapy in two patients with metastatic thymic squamous cell carcinoma: Case report

Frontiers in Immunology, 2022
Thymic carcinoma is a rare and aggressive disease with poor outcome. There is no established treatment regimen for advanced thymic carcinoma. While the efficacy of pembrolizumab was proved to be promising, as a single agent, in patients with refractory ...
Cui Chen, Peng Sun, Jianting Long
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Infant with Life Threatening Thymic Carcinoma [PDF]

, 2019
Thymic epithelial neoplasms consist of thymomas, thymic carcinoids and thymic carcinomas. Carcinomas are malignant tumors of the thymus; they compromise only 4%-14% of thymic epithelial neoplasms.
Shrif, Rebwar Ahmed, Muhamed, Rzgar Ghareeb, Abdullah, Basil Kadhim, Baram, Aram, Qadir, Ali Omer, Salih, Khalid Hama, Muhealddina, Dashti Latif, Mohammed, Zardasht Bakr   +7 more
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De novo thymic carcinoma or malignant transformation: a myasthenic patient presented with multiple mediastinal tumours

Respirology Case Reports, 2020
A 63‐year‐old man presented with bilateral ptosis, and detailed evaluation confirmed ocular myasthenia gravis with three anterior mediastinal masses on computed tomography (CT) of the chest.
Chu‐Pin Pai, Chih‐Ming Lin, Yi‐Chen Yeh, Chien‐Sheng Huang, Biing‐Shiun Huang   +4 more
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Quantitative texture analysis based on dynamic contrast enhanced MRI for differential diagnosis between primary thymic lymphoma from thymic carcinoma

Scientific Reports, 2022
To evaluate the value of texture analysis based on dynamic contrast enhanced MRI (DCE-MRI) in the differential diagnosis of thymic carcinoma and thymic lymphoma. Sixty-nine patients with pathologically confirmed (thymic carcinoma, n = 32; thymic lymphoma,
Jia-jia Zhu, Jie Shen, Wei Zhang, Fen Wang, Mei Yuan, Hai Xu, Tong-fu Yu   +6 more
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Total thymectomy for thymic lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma—report of two cases

Surgical Case Reports, 2019
Background Thymic carcinoma has been classified into 12 subtypes, thymic lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma (LELC) is a type of them, and has a pathological organization similar to that of lymphoepithelioma, an undifferentiated type of nasopharyngeal ...
Sachi Kawagishi, Naoko Ose, Masato Minami, Soichiro Funaki, Takashi Kanou, Kenji Kimura, Seiji Taniguchi, Eiichi Morii, Yasushi Shintani   +8 more
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CALML5 is a novel diagnostic marker for differentiating thymic squamous cell carcinoma from type B3 thymoma

Thoracic Cancer, 2023
Background Thymic squamous cell carcinoma and type B3 thymoma are primary neoplasms of the anterior mediastinum that are sometimes difficult to differentiate from one another histologically.
Koichiro Kanamori, Kentaro Suina, Takehito Shukuya, Fumiyuki Takahashi, Takuo Hayashi, Kieko Hara, Tsuyoshi Saito, Yoichiro Mitsuishi, Shoko Sonobe Shimamura, Wira Winardi, Ken Tajima, Ryo Ko, Tomoyasu Mimori, Tetsuhiko Asao, Masayoshi Itoh, Hideya Kawaji, Yoshiyuki Suehara, Kazuya Takamochi, Kenji Suzuki, Kazuhisa Takahashi   +19 more
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