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Case Report

J Korean Pediatr Soc. 1973;16(3):243-247. Published online March 31, 1973.

A Case of Malignant Thymoma in Childhood

June Chull Kim¹, Ik Do Um²

¹Department of Pediatrics, Chonnam University Medical School
²Department of Pediatrics, Chon-ju Provincial Hospital

Abstract

Thymoma is extremely rare in children. The authors presented a case of malignant thymoma, extended and metastasized to mediastinum, lung and pleura in a 9 years old boy. Cytological finding of the tumor showed normal lymphoid cells. The literatural review was done briefly

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