Pretracheal ectopic thymoma: A diagnostic challenge in endobronchial ultrasound-guided transbronchial needle aspiration cytology
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Authors
George, E.
Khan, R.
Powari, M.
Dorey, N.
Issue Date
2022-07-01
Type
Journal Article
Language
eng
Keywords
Bronchoscopy , Endoscopic Ultrasound-Guided Fine Needle Aspiration , Humans , *Lung Neoplasms/pathology , Lymph Nodes/pathology , Mediastinum/pathology , Retrospective Studies , *Thymoma/diagnosis/pathology , *Thymus Neoplasms/diagnosis/pathology , Ebus-tbna , ectopic thymoma , thymoma
Alternative Title
Ectopic thymomas (ETs) are rare thymic neoplasms that arise from atypical anatomical sites and present a diagnostic challenge for clinicians as they can be mistaken for other pathological entities on fine needle aspiration (FNA) cytology.
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Citation
Cytopathology. 2022 Jul;33(4):445-448. doi: 10.1111/cyt.13133. Epub 2022 May 5.
Publisher
Wiley
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Journal
Cytopathology