Total thymectomy for thymic lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma—report of two cases

Total thymectomy for thymic lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma—report of two cases

Abstract 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 carcinoma. According to a report from the...

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Main Authors: Sachi Kawagishi, Naoko Ose, Masato Minami, Soichiro Funaki, Takashi Kanou, Kenji Kimura, Seiji Taniguchi, Eiichi Morii, Yasushi Shintani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2019-10-01
Series:Surgical Case Reports
Subjects:
Thymic lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma
Thymus
Total thymectomy
Masaoka staging system
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40792-019-0706-6

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