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ArticleCancers2021

The Rarest of Rare Thymic Lesions: A 10-Year Surgical Pathology Experience.

Fiorella Calabrese, Francesco Fortarezza, Federica Pezzuto, Francesca Lunardi, Giovanni Comacchio, Marta Sbaraglia, Giulia Pasello, Giuseppe Marulli, Angelo Paolo Dei Tos, Federico Rea

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Article in Cancers, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Fiorella CalabreseDepartment of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy.
Francesco FortarezzaDepartment of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8954-5888
Federica PezzutoDepartment of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-8023-3108
Francesca LunardiDepartment of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy.ORCID 0000-0001-5792-4683
Giovanni ComacchioDepartment of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy.
Marta SbaragliaDepartment of Medicine, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy.
Giulia PaselloDepartment of Surgery, Oncology, and Gastroenterology, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy.
Giuseppe MarulliDepartment of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari "Aldo Moro", 70124 Bari, Italy.
Angelo Paolo Dei TosDepartment of Medicine, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy.
Federico ReaDepartment of Cardiac, Thoracic, Vascular Sciences and Public Health, University of Padova, 35121 Padova, Italy.
University of Padua · ITUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The thymus is a specialized primary lymphoid organ located in the midline pre-vascular mediastinum. The organ is the site of various pathological processes, neoplastic and not, whose rarity has not allowed in-depth studies on clinical or histological features of rarest and unusual variants. Herein, we report a 10-year Padova experience in the surgical pathology of the thymus, focusing on the pathological description of nonneoplastic lesions and rare epithelial and mesenchymal tumors recorded in our database, which comprises over 600 thymectomies. The extrapolated rare cases have been categorized into four groups that included 15 cysts, 18 carcinomas, 5 neuroendocrine tumors, and 2 soft tissue tumors. The cases are described from a clinical and pathological point of view and discussed in dedicated sections with a review of the most important literature. In this case, review series, we aim to update the epidemiology of these rare entities, improve diagnostic awareness, and finally, promote a collaborative network between referral centers.

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rare tumorssurgical pathologythymus

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PMID34439210
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