thymoma type B3
MONDO:0006458Mondo
Findings
No curated finding names thymoma type B3 yet. Everything below is reference data from Mondo, HPO and GenCC, not evidence about what affects it.
Definition
Also known as well-differentiated thymic carcinoma, atypical thymoma, or epithelial thymoma, this type of thymoma displays morphologic characteristics of a well-differentiated carcinoma. The majority of cases occur in the anterior mediastinum as Masaoka stage II or stage III tumors. It is almost always invasive, it recurs frequently, and metastasizes in approximately 20% of the cases.
Definition from the Mondo Disease Ontology (MONDO:0006458), read 2026-09-29. CC BY 4.0.
Where it sits
- A kind of
Other names
7 names
Resolves to: thymoma type B3
- Also called
- atypical thymomaepithelial malignant thymomaepithelial thymomamalignant thymoma type B3squamoid thymomawell differentiated thymic carcinomawell-differentiated thymic carcinoma