Neoplastic Process
malignant thymoma
ma·lig·nant thymoma
Definitions related to malignant thymoma:
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(thymoma, malignant) A malignant neoplasm of the thymus, originating from epithelial thymus cells.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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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 ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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