Thymoma and thymic carcinoma associated with multilocular thymic cyst: a clinicopathologic analysis of 18 cases

• Main Authors: Xuxia Shen (Author), Yan Jin (Author), Lei Shen (Author), Yihua Sun (Author), Haiquan Chen (Author), Yuan Li (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: BMC, 2018-06-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Abstract Background Multilocular thymic cysts (MTCs) associated with thymomas or thymic carcinomas (TCs) are rare and may be misdiagnosed as other benign cystic lesions. Methods We retrospectively analysed 18 cases of thymomas or TCs associated with MTCs, which were retrieved from 309 consecutive pa...