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Erschienen in: Der Pathologe 5/2016

18.08.2016 | Thymome | Schwerpunkt: Mediastinum

Thymuskarzinome

verfasst von: Prof. Dr. P. Ströbel, C.-A. Weis, A. Marx

Erschienen in: Die Pathologie | Ausgabe 5/2016

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Zusammenfassung

Thymuskarzinome sind etwa 10-mal seltener als Thymome, wegen ihrer größeren Aggressivität, selteneren chirurgischen Sanierbarkeit und der mangelnden Verfügbarkeit langfristig wirksamer onkologischer Strategien klinisch aber äußerst relevant. Bei Kindern und Jugendlichen sind Thymuskarzinome zudem häufiger als Thymome und müssen besonders in dieser Altersgruppe gegen Keimzelltumoren abgegrenzt werden. Darüber hinaus ergeben sich für den Pathologen zwei weitere typische Schwierigkeiten: die therapeutisch wichtige Unterscheidung zwischen Thymuskarzinomen und ähnlich aussehenden Thymomen sowie die Differenzierung zwischen Thymuskarzinomen und histologisch ähnlich erscheinenden Metastasen oder Ausläufern anderer Primärtumoren. Die Überwindung dieser diagnostischen Herausforderungen steht im Zentrum der neuen WHO-Klassifikation der Thymuskarzinome. Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit ist es, die diagnostisch wichtigen Neuerungen der neuen WHO-Klassifikation der Thymuskarzinome darzustellen und therapierelevante differenzialdiagnostische Fragen zu beantworten.
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Metadaten
Titel
Thymuskarzinome
verfasst von
Prof. Dr. P. Ströbel
C.-A. Weis
A. Marx
Publikationsdatum
18.08.2016
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Erschienen in
Die Pathologie / Ausgabe 5/2016
Print ISSN: 2731-7188
Elektronische ISSN: 2731-7196
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00292-016-0194-4

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