“…32,33 Thymic carcinomas are classified into multiple histologic subtypes based on histologic characteristics, including squamous cell carcinoma (up to 80% of thymic carcinoma), basaloid carcinoma, mucoepidermoid carcinoma, lymphoepithelioma-like carcinoma, clear cell carcinoma, sarcomatoid carcinoma, adenocarcinoma, NUT carcinoma, and undifferentiated carcinoma etc. 28,34,35 Histologically, thymic carcinomas are composed of nests/sheets of or individual malignant epithelioid cells with thick fibrous cords. Each histologic subtype resembles its counterpart in other organ systems.…”