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RESIDENT
CASE
STUDIES
Week 2 April
28 - May 2, 2003: Case 4
Table
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Case 2 | Case
3 | Case 4A 87 year old female with an anterior mediastinal mass (substernal)
Questions:
Questions:
- The histological findings are consistent with which one of the
following?
- Teratoma
- Thymic carcinoma
- Thymoma, invasive
- Substernal thyroid
- Malignant lymphoma
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- Which one of the following is false for the above
lesion?
- Associated with myasthenia gravis in 50% of cases
- Associated with hypogammaglobulinemia
- Considered as a benign lesion
- Commonly seen in older females
- None of the above
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- What are the two characteristic features that are
suggestive of carcinoma?
- Cytologic atypia
- Local recurrence
- Capsular invasion
- Size of the tumor
- All of the above
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Week
2 Case 4 Discussion
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