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Mucinous adenocarcinoma of the thymus: report of a case

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Thymic mucinous adenocarcinoma is a very rare neoplasm. This tumor has a poor prognosis and its treatment is not established. In addition, the existence of KRAS mutations of thymic mucinous adenocarcinoma is still unknown, despite these mutations are common in lung mucinous adenocarcinoma. We present the case of a 79-year-old woman with primary thymic mucinous adenocarcinoma. Therefore, we reviewed clinico-pathological features of thymic mucinous adenocarcinoma in details and analyzed KRAS gene mutations of the present case.

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  1. Department of Surgery and Science, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, 3-1-1 Maidashi, Higashi-ku, Fukuoka, 812-8582, Japan

    Fumihiko Kinoshita, Fumihiro Shoji, Kazuki Takada, Gouji Toyokawa, Tatsuro Okamoto & Yoshihiko Maehara

  2. Department of Anatomic Pathology, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

    Kazuki Takada & Yoshinao Oda

  3. Department of Thoracic Surgery, National Hospital Organization, Beppu Medical Center, Oita, Japan

    Tokujiro Yano

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Kinoshita, F., Shoji, F., Takada, K. et al. Mucinous adenocarcinoma of the thymus: report of a case. Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 66, 111–115 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11748-017-0781-1

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