bromochloroacetic-acid and Ganglioneuroblastoma

A mediastinal tumor in a 49-year-old woman with myasthenia gravis is reported. The tumor was well-demarcated and located in the supero-anterior mediastinum. Microscopically, the tumor consisted of thymic and neuroblastic tumor components, the latter of which consisted of immature and maturing neuronal cells, abundant neuropils, and Schwannian stroma. The two components intermingled with each other inside the tumor capsule. The tumor was diagnosed as thymoma with a ganglioneuroblastomatous component. The coexistence of epithelial and neuronal tissues in the thymic neoplasm is extremely rare.

Topics: 12E7 Antigen; Antigens, CD; CD3 Complex; CD5 Antigens; Cell Adhesion Molecules; Female; Ganglioneuroblastoma; Humans; Immunohistochemistry; Keratins; Mediastinal Neoplasms; Middle Aged; Myasthenia Gravis; Thymectomy; Thymoma; Thymus Neoplasms