Thymoma with foci of medullary differentiation in an 11-year-old-boy

Authors :: G M, Groisman
O, Ben-Izhak
L A, Best
Source :: Archives of pathologylaboratory medicine. 118(6)
Publication Year :: 1994
Abstract: We report a benign encapsulated thymoma in an 11-year-old boy. Histologically, it showed foci of medullary differentiation mimicking the normal corticomedullary thymic architecture. We emphasize the rarity of thymomas in children and the possibility of mistaking this uncommon pattern of thymoma for other mediastinal tumors.