Thymic and Pulmonary Mucosa-Associated Lymphoid Tissue Lymphomas Takashi Muramatsu, MD, PhD, Yoko Tanaka, MD, Ryota Higure, MD, Misato Iizuka, MD, PhD, Hiroaki Hata, MD, PhD, Motomi Shiono, MD, PhD The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 95, Issue 3, Pages e69-e70 (March 2013) DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.08.067 Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 1 (A) Computed tomographic scan of the chest showing a lobulated tumor mass on the anterior mediastinum (arrow). (B) Computed tomographic scan of the chest with lung windowing showing a focal airspace opacity in the right lower lobe (arrowhead). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, e69-e70DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.08.067) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 2 Resected anterior mediastinal tumor, which is mostly well circumscribed and contains multiple cysts. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, e69-e70DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.08.067) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions
Fig 3 (A) Histologic findings of the anterior mediastinal tumor, there are many centrocyte-like cells (hematoxylin and eosin staining; ×60). (B) Cytotechnologic analysis of the focal airspace opacities of the right lower lobe, showing proliferation of lymphoplasmacytic cells. (Papanicolaou staining; ×100). The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2013 95, e69-e70DOI: (10.1016/j.athoracsur.2012.08.067) Copyright © 2013 The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Terms and Conditions