RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Metastatic thymoma: a case report and immunohistological analysis.
JF Journal of Clinical Pathology
JO J Clin Pathol
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and Association of Clinical Pathologists
SP 275
OP 278
DO 10.1136/jcp.39.3.275
VO 39
IS 3
A1 D M Salter
A1 A S Krajewski
YR 1986
UL http://jcp.bmj.com/content/39/3/275.abstract
AB A patient with metastatic lymphocyte predominant thymoma was studied and an immunohistological analysis of frozen and paraffin sections was performed. The immunophenotype of the lymphoid cells was similar to that of primary thymomas and T cell lymphoblastic lymphomas. The epithelial cells reacted with an anticytokeratin monoclonal antibody. The results have diagnostic implications for the histopathologist using immunohistochemistry as a diagnostic aid and it is concluded that a panel of monoclonal antibodies against both lymphoid and epithelial markers should be used for immunohistological typing of tumours of uncertain histogenesis.