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Primary thymic carcinoma

An unusual case originating in a lymphocytic rich thymoma

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A case of thymic carcinoma arising within a lymphocyte rich thymoma is reported. The undifferentiated carcinoma contained cellular elements resembling choriocarcinoma but could be differentiated there-from by positive staining for prekeratin antigen and an absence of staining for B-HCG antigen utilizing immunohistochemical techniques.

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  1. Department of Pathology, Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Israel

    E. Herczeg

  2. Department of Pathology, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, New Hyde Park, 11042, NY, USA

    Leonard B. Kahn

  3. Department of Pathology, State University of New York, Stony Brook, NY, USA

    Leonard B. Kahn

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Dedicated to Professor Karl Lennert, Kiel, on the occasion of his 65th birthday

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Herczeg, E., Kahn, L.B. Primary thymic carcinoma. Vichows Archiv A Pathol Anat 409, 163–169 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00708325

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