Thymic mucoepidermoid carcinoma: a clinicopathologic and molecular study

Thymic mucoepidermoid carcinoma (MEC) is a rare tumor, and its characteristics remain to be clarified. Here we investigated 20 cases of thymic MEC to systematically characterize its clinical, histopathologic, and molecular features. The median age of the patients was 56 years (range, 19 to 80 y), th...

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Main Authors: Murase, Takayuki (Author) , Nakano, Satsuki (Author) , Sakane, Tadashi (Author) , Domen, Hiromitsu (Author) , Chiyo, Masako (Author) , Nagasaka, Satoshi (Author) , Tanaka, Michio (Author) , Kawahara, Yutaka (Author) , Toishi, Masayuki (Author) , Tanaka, Takuji (Author) , Nakamura, Shota (Author) , Sawabata, Noriyoshi (Author) , Okami, Jiro (Author) , Mukaida, Hidenori (Author) , Tzankov, Alexandar (Author) , Szolkowska, Malgorzata (Author) , Porubský, Štefan (Author) , Marx, Alexander (Author) , Roden, Anja C. (Author) , Inagaki, Hiroshi (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: August 2022
In: The American journal of surgical pathology
Year: 2022, Volume: 46, Issue: 8, Pages: 1160-1169
ISSN:1532-0979
DOI:10.1097/PAS.0000000000001886
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Author Notes:Takayuki Murase, Satsuki Nakano, Tadashi Sakane, Hiromitsu Domen, Masako Chiyo, Satoshi Nagasaka, Michio Tanaka, Yutaka Kawahara, Masayuki Toishi, Takuji Tanaka, Shota Nakamura, Noriyoshi Sawabata, Jiro Okami, Hidenori Mukaida, Alexandar Tzankov, Malgorzata Szolkowska, Stefan Porubsky, Alexander Marx, Anja C. Roden and Hiroshi Inagaki

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