Primary adenocarcinoma of the thymus: an immunohistochemical and molecular study with review of the literature

BMC Clinical Pathology

Table 3 Clinicopathologic data of the thymic adenocarcinoma reported in literature according to the four major subtypes

Tumor subtype	Total case	Male/Female	Median age	Associated thymic cyst	Associated thymoma	Associated psammoma body	Associated serum tumor markers
Tumor subtype	Total case	Male/Female	Median age	Associated thymic cyst	Associated thymoma	Associated psammoma body	CEA	B-HCG	AFP	CA19-9
Papilotubular	2	1	52.5	1	0	0
Conventional	3	3	50.6	1	0	0	1	1
Papillary	10	1.5	49.5	1	3	3	1			1
NOS	2	2	60	0	0	0	1			1
Mucinous	9	2	50.2	4	0	1	3			1

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