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Thymic carcinoma is a rare tumor that has traditionally posed a significant challenge for diagnosis to clinicians and histopathologists. No reliable histopathologic features have yet been identified that can permit reliable distinction of these tumors from a metastasis to the mediastinum. Histologically, the tumors are characterized by morphologic features that are indistinguishable from those arising from a variety of other epithelial organs. A large number of histologic variants have been described. In general, these tumors remain a diagnosis of exclusion and, as a group, represent high-grade neoplasms with a very aggressive clinical behavior and an often-ominous prognosis.

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PUBLICATION TYPE: Journal Article

Journal: Hematology/oncology clinics of North America

VOLUME: 22

Page Numbers: 393-407

Journal Abbreviation: Hematol. Oncol. Clin. North Am

ISSN: 0889-8588

DAY: 2

MONTH: Jun

YEAR: 2008

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AFFILIATION: Department of Anatomic Pathology, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, 1515 Holcombe Boulevard, Houston, TX 77030, USA.

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