2C27.2
Malignant thymoma
Timoma maligno
CategoryDefinition
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.
Index Terms
Malignant thymomaThymoma type A of thymusmalignant type A thymomaThymoma type AB of thymusmalignant type AB thymomaThymoma type B of thymusmalignant type B1 thymomamalignant type B2 thymomamalignant B3 thymoma