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Malignant grading of cortical and medullary differentiated thymoma by morphometric analysis

Forty‐seven thymomas were histologically classified into cortical, mixed, and medullary types, and the malignant grade of each subtype was evaluated by measuring the nuclear areas of epithelial cells. Fourteen normal thymuses and 23 thymic hyperplasias were used as controls. The cortical thymomas we...

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Published in:Cancer 1989-10, Vol.64 (8), p.1694-1699
Main Authors: Nomori, Hiroaki, Ishihara, Tsuneo, Torikata, Chikao
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Language:English
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Summary:Forty‐seven thymomas were histologically classified into cortical, mixed, and medullary types, and the malignant grade of each subtype was evaluated by measuring the nuclear areas of epithelial cells. Fourteen normal thymuses and 23 thymic hyperplasias were used as controls. The cortical thymomas were more frequently invasive and associated with myasthenia gravis than the medullary type (P < 0.01 and 0.05, respectively). Cortical thymomas had larger epithelial cell nuclei than the medullary type (P < 0.001). Cortical and medullary thymomas had larger epithelial cell nuclei than the thymic cortex and medulla (P < 0.001 and 0.01, respectively). The thymic cortex had larger epithelial cell nuclei than the medulla (P < 0.001). These results confirm that the epithelial cell nuclei of cortical and medullary thymomas correspond morphometrically to the thymic cortex and medulla, respectively, and that most cortical thymomas have a higher malignant grade than the medullary type.
ISSN:0008-543X
1097-0142
DOI:10.1002/1097-0142(19891015)64:8<1694::AID-CNCR2820640823>3.0.CO;2-K