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An immunohistologic study of the epithelial components of 81 cases of thymoma.
Cancer - 15 May 1992
Fukai I, Masaoka A, Hashimoto T, Yamakawa Y, Mizuno T, Tanamura O, Hirokawa K, Ueda R
Abstract excerpt
Eighty-one cases of thymoma were studied immunohistologically with the use of three mouse monoclonal antibodies: one was specific for subcapsular-cortical, one for intra-cortical, and one for medullary epithelial cells. Twenty-eight (60.9%) of 46 polygonal cell thymomas were of the cortical type and 1 (2.2%) was of the medullary type. Ten (55.6%) of 18 spindle cell thymomas and 7 (41.2%) of 17 mixed cell thymomas...
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