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Κυριακή 10 Δεκεμβρίου 2017

AB thymoma with atypical type A component with delayed multiple lung and brain metastases.

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AB thymoma with atypical type A component with delayed multiple lung and brain metastases.

J Thorac Dis. 2017 Sep;9(9):E808-E814

Authors: Grajkowska W, Matyja E, Kunicki J, Szymanska S, Marx A, Weis CA, Langfort R, Szolkowska M

Abstract
An atypical type A thymoma is a newly added entity to the last World Health Organization (WHO) histological classification [2015] of uncertain prognosis. The conventional type A and AB thymomas are usually locally aggressive neoplasms that rarely metastasize with distant metastases to the central nervous system (CNS) occurring extremely exceptionally. We present a history of a woman with a mediastinal tumor originally considered to be a Masaoka-Koga stage II "mixed thymoma with well-differentiated thymic carcinoma component" according to the historic Müller-Hermelink nomenclature. By applying the criteria of the new WHO classification the tumor should be reclassified as an AB thymoma with an atypical A component. The patient developed metastases to the lung and brain 10 and 15 years after the original diagnosis, respectively. All metastases morphologically corresponded to an atypical A component of primary thymoma. Molecular study revealed GTF2I mutations in the primary and one of the metastatic tumors. To our knowledge, this is the first description of a GTF2I mutation in AB thymoma with atypical A component and its metastases. The presented case highlights the necessity of an accurate microscopic search for atypical areas in A or AB thymomas because of their potentially negative impact on prognosis.

PMID: 29221349 [PubMed]



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