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Column 10. Carcinoma Showing Thymus-Like Differentiation/Intrathyroidal Epithelial Thymoma

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Carcinoma showing thymus-like differentiation (CASTLE) is a rare malignant epithelial tumor originating from the thymic epithelium resting in the thyroid. It becomes an issue because of the need to histologically differentiate it from squamous cell carcinoma and anaplastic carcinoma, but it shows a comparatively good prognosis with a high rate of surgical curativity.

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  1. Department of Surgery, Kuma Hospital, 8-2-35 Shimoyamate-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0011, Japan

    Yasuhiro Ito

  2. Department of Pathology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

    Hiroshi Kanma

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  1. Ito Hospital, 4-3-6 Jinguumae, Shibuya-ku, Tokyo, 150-8308, Japan

    Hiroshi Takami

  2. , Department of Surgery, Kuma Hospital, 8-2-35 Shimoyamate-dori, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650-0011, Japan

    Yasuhiro Ito

  3. Noguchi Thyroid Clinic and Hospital Foun, 6-33 Noguchinaka-machi, Beppu, 874-0932, Japan

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  4. , Department of Breast and Endocrine Surge, Kanagawa Cancer Center, 1-1-2 Nakao, Asahi-ku, Yokohama, 241-8515, Japan

    Akira Yoshida

  5. , Department of Endocrine Surgery, Tokyo Women's Medical University, 8-1 Kawada- cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, 162-8666, Japan

    Takahiro Okamoto

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Ito, Y., Kanma, H. (2013). Column 10. Carcinoma Showing Thymus-Like Differentiation/Intrathyroidal Epithelial Thymoma. In: Takami, H., Ito, Y., Noguchi, H., Yoshida, A., Okamoto, T. (eds) Treatment of Thyroid Tumor. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-54049-6_47

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