THYMIC carcinoma is a rare malignant tumor, but the most common malignant tumor of the ante-rior mediastinum. According to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) classification, primary thymic carcinoma has a va...THYMIC carcinoma is a rare malignant tumor, but the most common malignant tumor of the ante-rior mediastinum. According to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) classification, primary thymic carcinoma has a variety of histological types, mainly including squamous cell, basaloid, mucoepidermoid,lymphoepithelioma-like, sarcomatoid, clear cell and neuro-endocrine carcinomas, and papillary adenocarcinoma.1-4 Thymic mucinous adenocarcinoma was discovered in re-cent years, and only 10 cases were reported. In this paper, we described a case of thymic mucinous adenocarcinoma, the histopathological findings and immunohistochemical results.展开更多
文摘THYMIC carcinoma is a rare malignant tumor, but the most common malignant tumor of the ante-rior mediastinum. According to the latest World Health Organization (WHO) classification, primary thymic carcinoma has a variety of histological types, mainly including squamous cell, basaloid, mucoepidermoid,lymphoepithelioma-like, sarcomatoid, clear cell and neuro-endocrine carcinomas, and papillary adenocarcinoma.1-4 Thymic mucinous adenocarcinoma was discovered in re-cent years, and only 10 cases were reported. In this paper, we described a case of thymic mucinous adenocarcinoma, the histopathological findings and immunohistochemical results.