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Intrathyroidal Thymoma

MedGen UID:
1649222
•Concept ID:
C4744699
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonym: Ectopic Thyroid Gland Thymoma

Definition

A rare thymoma arising within or is attached to the thyroid gland. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVIntrathyroidal Thymoma

Recent clinical studies

Diagnosis

Ectopic primary intrathyroidal thymoma: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of 3 cases.
Weissferdt A, Moran CA
Hum Pathol 2016 Mar;49:71-6. Epub 2015 Nov 4 doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2015.10.011. PMID: 26826412
Ectopic intrathyroidal thymoma: a case report and review.
Cohen JB, Troxell M, Kong CS, McDougall IR
Thyroid 2003 Mar;13(3):305-8. doi: 10.1089/105072503321582132. PMID: 12729482

Prognosis

Ectopic primary intrathyroidal thymoma: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of 3 cases.
Weissferdt A, Moran CA
Hum Pathol 2016 Mar;49:71-6. Epub 2015 Nov 4 doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2015.10.011. PMID: 26826412
Carcinoma of possible thymic origin presenting as a thyroid mass: a new subgroup of squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid.
Kakudo K, Mori I, Tamaoki N, Watanabe K
J Surg Oncol 1988 Jul;38(3):187-92. doi: 10.1002/jso.2930380311. PMID: 3260644

Clinical prediction guides

Ectopic primary intrathyroidal thymoma: a clinicopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of 3 cases.
Weissferdt A, Moran CA
Hum Pathol 2016 Mar;49:71-6. Epub 2015 Nov 4 doi: 10.1016/j.humpath.2015.10.011. PMID: 26826412

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