Thymoma type AB

A thymic epithelial neoplasm characterized by the presence of a lymphocyte-poor component similar to that seen in type A thymoma and a lymphocyte-rich component which contains neoplastic small polygonal epithelial cells. It may be associated with myasthenia gravis and pure red cell aplasia. The majority of cases occur in the anterior mediastinum as Masaoka stage I tumors. A minority of the cases occur as stage II or stage III tumors. The overall survival is reported to be 80-100% at 5 and 10 years.

Also known as: mixed type thymoma, primary thymic epithelial neoplasm type AB, primary thymic epithelial tumor type AB, primary thymic epithelial tumour type AB, thymoma type AB

1578 clinical trials for this condition and its sub-types, 0 tagged with Thymoma type AB itself.