Thymic spindle cell carcinoid

Immunohistochemistry

Cytokeratin	1/11
Chromogranin	1/11
Grimelius	0/11
NSE	1/11
S-100	0/11
p53	1/13

Differential diagnosis

• Type A thymoma

• Spindle cell thymic carcinoma

• Spindle cell paraganglioma

• Various sarcomas

References

¹de Montpreville, V. T., P. Macchiarini, et al. (1996). "Thymic neuroendocrine carcinoma (carcinoid): a clinicopathologic study of fourteen cases." J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 111(1): 134-41.

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