Neoplastic Process
malignant thymoma
ma·lig·nant thymoma
Definitions related to malignant thymoma:
  • (thymoma, malignant) A malignant neoplasm of the thymus, originating from epithelial thymus cells.
    CDISC Terminology
    Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
  • A thymoma that has an aggressive clinical course (capsular invasion, infiltration of the surrounding tissues) and can metastasize. Although any morphologic subtype of thymoma may eventually have a malignant clinical course, this term is most often associated with thymoma types B3 and C.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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