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==Metaplastic thymoma==
==Metaplastic thymoma==
*[[AKA]] ''thymoma with pseudosarcomatous stroma''.<ref name=metapl_thy/>
*[[AKA]] ''thymoma with pseudosarcomatous stroma''.<ref name=metapl_thy/>
===General===
*Extremely rare - only 17 case reports as of 2011.<ref name=pmid20034984>{{Cite journal  | last1 = Lu | first1 = HS. | last2 = Gan | first2 = MF. | last3 = Zhou | first3 = T. | last4 = Wang | first4 = SZ. | title = Sarcomatoid thymic carcinoma arising in metaplastic thymoma: a case report. | journal = Int J Surg Pathol | volume = 19 | issue = 5 | pages = 677-80 | month = Oct | year = 2011 | doi = 10.1177/1066896909355458 | PMID = 20034984 }}</ref>
*Two reports of transformation into [[thymic carcioma]].<ref name=pmid20034984/>


===Microscopic===
===Microscopic===
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#Spindle cells.  
#Spindle cells.  
*Few lymphocytes.
*Few lymphocytes.
DDx:
*[[Thymic Carcinoma]] with sarcomatoid differentiation.


===IHC===
===IHC===
48,466

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