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Features:<ref name=Ref_WMSP147>{{Ref WMSP|147}}</ref> | Features:<ref name=Ref_WMSP147>{{Ref WMSP|147}}</ref> | ||
*Cytologically malignant - variable morphology. | *Cytologically malignant - variable morphology. | ||
**[[Squamous cell carcinoma]] is the most common (73% of cases).<ref name=pmid23866799>{{Cite journal | last1 = Zhao | first1 = Y. | last2 = Zhao | first2 = H. | last3 = Hu | first3 = D. | last4 = Fan | first4 = L. | last5 = Shi | first5 = J. | last6 = Fang | first6 = W. | title = Surgical treatment and prognosis of thymic squamous cell carcinoma: a retrospective analysis of 105 cases. | journal = Ann Thorac Surg | volume = 96 | issue = 3 | pages = 1019-24 | month = Sep | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2013.04.078 | PMID = 23866799 }}</ref> | |||
*+/-Squamous differentiation. | *+/-Squamous differentiation. | ||
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*[[Thymoma]]. | *[[Thymoma]]. | ||
*[[Lung cancer|Lung carcinoma]]. | *[[Lung cancer|Lung carcinoma]]. | ||
*[[Gastrointestinal stromal tumour]].<ref name=pmid23375402>{{Cite journal | last1 = Rossi | first1 = V. | last2 = Donini | first2 = M. | last3 = Sergio | first3 = P. | last4 = Passalacqua | first4 = R. | last5 = Rossi | first5 = G. | last6 = Buti | first6 = S. | title = When a thymic carcinoma becomes a GIST. | journal = Lung Cancer | volume = 80 | issue = 1 | pages = 106-8 | month = Apr | year = 2013 | doi = 10.1016/j.lungcan.2013.01.003 | PMID = 23375402 }}</ref> | |||
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*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=1&Case=653 Thymic carcinoma - low mag. (webpathology.com)]. | *[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=1&Case=653 Thymic carcinoma - low mag. (webpathology.com)]. | ||
*[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=2&Case=653 Thymic carcinoma - high mag. (webpathology.com)]. | *[http://www.webpathology.com/image.asp?n=2&Case=653 Thymic carcinoma - high mag. (webpathology.com)]. | ||