histological classifi cation

Thymoma is the most common mediastinal tumor in adulthood. By defi nition, it is a thymic epithelial neoplasm that displays at least some characteristics of normal thymus. Microscopically it comprises an admixture of thymic epithelial cells and immature T lymphocytes in various proportions and demonstrates marked intratumoral...

Prostatic adenocarcioma is a very common male cancer worldwide. Biopsy remains the most reliable means in making definite diagnosis. In the prostate-specific antigen (PSA) screening era, the rate of prostate biopsies rapidly increases, resulting in early detection of very small tumors. In the same time, general pathologists are forced to face...