Ben Romdhane K, Aloulou A, Labbane N, Fourati M, Ben Ayed M
Arch Anat Cytol Pathol. 1989;37(3):80-7.
We report a clinicopathologic study in sixteen patients (11 male and five female) with thymomas. The fairly large proportion of children (3 cases: 12.5%) and significant number of advanced forms may at least partly explain the low survival rate (27% at five years) in our series. Advances in histologic studies of tumors have made possible the accurate diagnosis of thymomas, but the value of a histologic classification is still under debate. Conversely, pathologic and surgical classification is at present the best predictor of outcome.
我们报告了一项对16例胸腺瘤患者（11例男性和5例女性）的临床病理研究。儿童患者比例相当高（3例，占12.5%），且晚期病例数量可观，这至少在一定程度上可以解释我们研究系列中较低的五年生存率（27%）。肿瘤组织学研究的进展使胸腺瘤的准确诊断成为可能，但组织学分类的价值仍存在争议。相反，病理和手术分类目前是预后的最佳预测指标。
