Mediastinum
Thymic carcinoma
Mucoepidermoid
Author: Hanni Gulwani, M.B.B.S.
Last author update: 1 December 2012
Last staff update: 10 June 2020
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PubMed Search: Mucoepidermoid thymic carcinoma
Table of Contents
Clinical features | Case reports | Microscopic (histologic) description | Microscopic (histologic) imagesCite this page: Gulwani H. Mucoepidermoid. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/mediastinummucoep.html. Accessed June 1st, 2023.
Clinical features
- Usually low grade, may be associated with multilocular thymic cysts (Am J Surg Pathol 2004;28:1526)
- Poor behavior if poorly differentiated with marked cytologic atypia or high stage (Am J Surg Pathol 1995;19:826)
- Good prognosis with few fatalities if well differentiated
Case reports
- 31 year old man with thymic mucoepidermoid carcinoma with massive calcification (Kyobu Geka 2010;63:919)
- 53 year old man with asymptomatic hilar mass (Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2006;12:273)
- 53 year old man with chest discomfort, dyspnea and weakness (Pathol Res Pract 2004;200:567)
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Sheets, lobules and nests of squamous, mucinous and intermediate cells in densely fibrotic stroma
Microscopic (histologic) images
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Well differentiated mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thymus
Poorly differentiated
mucoepidermoid
carcinoma of the
thymus
