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Atlas of Mediastinal Pathology pp 57–87Cite as

Neuroendocrine Neoplasms of the Thymus

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Neoplastic neuroendocrine proliferations of the mediastinum can originate from neuroendocrine cells that are native to the thymus, or they may arise from extra-adrenal paraganglia ectopically located in the mediastinum (i.e., paragangliomas).

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    Saul Suster MD

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Suster, S. (2015). Neuroendocrine Neoplasms of the Thymus. In: Atlas of Mediastinal Pathology. Atlas of Anatomic Pathology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4939-2674-9_3

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