MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS AND PRIMARY SQUAMOUS-CELL CARCINOMA OF THE THYMUS

Authors
SUNGUR A RUACAN S GUNGEN Y DALKARA T
Citation
A. Sungur et al., MYASTHENIA-GRAVIS AND PRIMARY SQUAMOUS-CELL CARCINOMA OF THE THYMUS, Archives of pathology and laboratory medicine, 117(9), 1993, pp. 937-938
Citations number
7
Categorie Soggetti
Pathology,"Medical Laboratory Technology","Medicine, Research & Experimental
Journal title
Archives of pathology and laboratory medicine
ISSN journal
00039985 → ACNP
Volume
117
Issue
9
Year of publication
1993
Pages
937 - 938
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-9985(1993)117:9<937:MAPSCO>2.0.ZU;2-6
Abstract
Occurrence of primary squamous cell carcinoma of the thymus gland in a 65-year-old man with myasthenia gravis is reported. Histologic and im munohistochemical studies confirmed the diagnosis of a differentiated squamous cell carcinoma. Extensive clinical investigations ruled out a nother primary site for the tumor. The patient made a full recovery po stoperatively. Only three cases of primary squamous cell carcinoma of the thymus gland in association with myasthenia gravis have been repor ted in the literature.