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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=== | ||