thymic carcinoma

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1. any malignant tumor derived from epithelial tissue; one of the four major types of cancer

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1. がん,がん腫

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Thymic carcinoma
Thymic carcinoma seen on CT.
Classification and external resources
Specialty	Oncology
ICD-10	C37
ICD-9-CM	164.0
MeSH	D013945

Thymic carcinoma is a rare type of thymus gland cancer. It usually spreads, has a high risk of recurrence, and has a poor survival rate. Thymic carcinoma is divided into subtypes, depending on the types of cells in which the cancer began. Also called type C thymoma.

Pathology

Digital slides

• JRC:3079 Thymic carcinoma (NOS)
• JRC:3191 Thymic carcinoma (NOS)
• JRC:19002 Thymic carcinoma (NOS)
• JRC:14579 Thymic carcinoma with basaloid features
• JRC:14602 Thymic carcinoma with clear cell changes

External links

• Foundation for Thymic Cancer Research -Fostering Awareness and Research, Dedicated to Helping Patients with Thymic Cancers
• Thymic carcinoma entry in the public domain NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms

 This article incorporates public domain material from the U.S. National Cancer Institute document "Dictionary of Cancer Terms".

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• 1. 胸腺腫および胸腺癌の臨床症状およびマネージメント clinical presentation and management of thymoma and thymic carcinoma
• 2. 胸腺神経内分泌（カルチノイド）腫瘍 thymic neuroendocrine carcinoid tumors
• 3. 縦隔腫瘍の病理 pathology of mediastinal tumors
• 4. 重症筋無力症の診断 diagnosis of myasthenia gravis
• 5. 前部縦隔の腫瘤性病変 anterior mediastinal mass lesions

English Journal

• Mediastinal seminoma associated with multilocular thymic cyst.

• Inui M1,2, Nitadori JI3, Tajima S4, Yoshioka T3, Hiyama N3, Watadani T5, Shinozaki-Ushiku A4, Nagayama K3, Anraku M3, Sato M3, Fukayama M4, Nakajima J3.
• Surgical case reports.Surg Case Rep.2017 Dec;3(1):7. doi: 10.1186/s40792-016-0278-7. Epub 2017 Jan 5.
• PMID 28054283

• Volume-based quantification using dual-energy computed tomography in the differentiation of thymic epithelial tumours: an initial experience.

• Chang S1, Hur J2, Im DJ1, Suh YJ1, Hong YJ1, Lee HJ1, Kim YJ1, Han K3, Kim DJ4, Lee CY4, Shin HY5, Choi BW1.
• European radiology.Eur Radiol.2017 May;27(5):1992-2001. doi: 10.1007/s00330-016-4542-9. Epub 2016 Aug 23.
• PMID 27553938

• Clinical, imaging, and follow-up observations of patients with anti-GABAB receptor encephalitis.

• Qiao S1, Zhang YX2, Zhang BJ2, Lu RY2, Lai QL1,2, Chen LH1, Wu J1.
• The International journal of neuroscience.Int J Neurosci.2017 May;127(5):379-385. doi: 10.1080/00207454.2016.1176922. Epub 2016 May 1.
• PMID 27066808

Japanese Journal

• Combination Chemotherapy with Doxorubicin, Vincristine, Cyclophosphamide, and Platinum Compounds for Advanced Thymic Carcinoma

• Agatsuma Toshihiko,Koizumi Tomonobu,Kanda Shintaro,Ito Michiko,Urushihata Kazuhisa,Yamamoto Hiroshi,Hanaoka Masayuki,Kubo Keishi
• JOURNAL OF THORACIC ONCOLOGY 6(12), 2130-2134, 2012-10-01
• … Introduction: Thymic carcinoma is a rare epithelial neoplasm that tends to be aggressive and metastasize widely. … The optimal chemotherapy for unresectable advanced thymic carcinoma has not yet been established because of its rare occurrence. …
• NAID 120004724756

• 臨床経験 血管合併切除により完全切除した胸腺癌

• 山木 実,則行 敏生,濱本 正樹 他
• 胸部外科 65(6), 489-492, 2012-06-00
• NAID 40019333996

Related Links

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リンク元	「胸腺腫」「胸腺癌」
関連記事	「thymic」「thymi」

「胸腺腫」

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英

thymoma, thymomas

関

胸腺、縦隔腫瘍

概念

• 上縦隔の前部、前縦隔の前部に発生
• 胸腺固有の上皮細胞が腫瘍化したもの。precursor T cell(thymocytes)も存在することがあるが、悪性ではない。

分類

• begign or encapsulated thymoma

• malignant thymoma
• type I: cytologically benign but biologically aggressive and capable of local invasion and, rarely, distant spread
• type II: also called thymic carcinoma: cytologically malignant with all of the features of cancer and comparable behavior

HIM. e89

型	組織型	割合,%	予後(10-year disease-free survival), %
A	medullary thymoma	8	100
AB	mixed thymoma	17	100
B1	predominantly cortical thymoma	27	83
B2	cortical thymoma	8	83
B3	well-differentiated thymic carcinoma	12	36
C	thymic carcinoma	28	28

病因

• 不明なことが多い。EBウイルスが関わっているかもしれない

疫学

• 胸腺腫は希であって、悪性のものはさらに希
• 全縦隔腫瘍の20-30%を占める。
• どの年齢にも起こりうるが、とりわけ中年に後発する。平均50歳代。

症状

• 30%：無症状。
• 30-40%：CTでとらえられ、咳嗽、胸痛、呼吸困難、上大静脈症候群などの周胸臓器圧迫症状
• 残り：全身病の合併

• 左反回神経を圧迫して嗄声もありうる、と思う

合併症

• 重症筋無力症(重症筋無力症の15-20%で、胸腺腫が見つかる)
• 赤芽球癆 pure red cell aplasia PRCA
• 低γグロブリン血症/無γグロブリン血症
• 全身性エリテマトーデス
• 多発性筋炎 (IMD.752)
• クッシング症候群 (IMD.752)
• 非胸腺腫様

症例

• 40歳の女性。夕方になると、ものが二重に見える(複視)ことを主訴に来院した。眼瞼下垂を認める。血液検査では網赤血球の減少を認める。

参考

• 1. 15-year-old boy with noninvasive cystic thymoma

http://www.ajronline.org/cgi/content-nw/full/186/4/1176/FIG5

• 2.

http://telomelysin.com/article/52766550.html

• 3. Imaging of Cystic Masses of the Mediastinum1

http://radiographics.rsna.org/content/22/suppl_1/S79.full

「胸腺癌」

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英

thymic carcinoma

関

胸腺腫

「thymic」

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• adj.

• 胸腺の

関

thymi、thymus、thymus gland

「thymi」

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胸腺

関

thymic、thymus、thymus gland