Mediastinum
Thymic carcinoma
Undifferentiated
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: Undifferentiated thymic carcinoma
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Definition / generalCite this page: Gulwani H. Undifferentiated. PathologyOutlines.com website. https://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/mediastinumundifferentiated.html. Accessed June 7th, 2023.
Definition / general
- Undifferentiated large cell thymic carcinoma accompanied by inflammatory reaction resembling hyaline vascular Castleman disease (Am J Surg Pathol 2005;29:490)
- May be asymptomatic with incidental detection
- Tumor cells are cytokeratin+ / CD5-
- May have neuroendocrine features
- Indolent behavior
