thymic lesion

thymic lesion

A generic term for any neoplastic or non-neoplastic pathology arising in the thymus.
Thymic lesion
Non-neoplastic
▪ Acute involution;
▪ Cyst;
▪ Dysplasia;
▪ Hyperplasia:
– Follicular;
– Rebound;
– True.
Neoplastic
▪ Epithelial:
– Thymoma;
– Atypical thymoma;
– Thymic carcinoma;
– Neuroendocrine carcinoma;
▪ Germ cell;
▪ Haematolymphoid;
▪ Mesenchymal.