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Squamous Cell Carcinoma Arising in a Thymic Cyst : A Brief Case Report.
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Short Case Report Squamous Cell Carcinoma Arising in a Thymic Cyst : A Brief Case Report.
Chang Ohk Sung, Joungho Han, Ji Yeon Kim, Young Mog Shim, Tae Sung Kim
Journal of Pathology and Translational Medicine 2009;43(3):260-262
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4132/KoreanJPathol.2009.43.3.260
1Department of Pathology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea. hanjho@skku.edu
2Department of Thoracic Surgery, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
3Department of Radiology, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Korea.
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We present here the case of a 73-year-old man with squamous cell carcinoma that arose in a thymic cyst, and this was incidentally found by chest radiography. Computed tomography revealed a 3.6 cm-sized predominantly cystic lesion with a mural nodule at the antero-superior mediastinum. The resected specimen was a well demarcated cystic mass with a solid mural nodule. Microscopically, the nodule was determined to be invasive squamous cell carcinoma that had originated from the benign squamous epithelium lining the thymic cyst.

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