Carcinoma Arising in Ectopic Hamartomatous Thymoma

Autor: Michal, M., Neubauer, L., Fakan, F.
Zdroj: Pathology - Research and Practice; January 1996, Vol. 192 Issue: 6 p610-618, 9p
Abstrakt: We present the ultrastructural features of a case ofadenocarcinoma arising in ectopic hamartomatous thymoma in a 31 year old man, in the supraclavicular location. The tumor had a cribriform adenomatous component with a granular cell quality and mimicked a metastatic carcinoma. Ultrastructurally, the spindle cell component revealed clusters oftonofilaments and the tumor cells were attached by well developed desmosomes. The cytoplasm ofadenocarcinoma cells contained peculiar cup-shaped bodies derived from the endoplasmic reticulum wrapped around the mitochondriae.
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