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Rare Disease

thymoma type AB

MONDO:0016975

Also known as:mixed type thymomaprimary thymic epithelial neoplasm type ABprimary thymic epithelial tumor type AB

Overview

A thymic epithelial neoplasm characterized by the presence of a lymphocyte-poor component similar to that seen in type A thymoma and a lymphocyte-rich component which contains neoplastic small polygonal epithelial cells. It may be associated with myasthenia gravis and pure red cell aplasia. The majority of cases occur in the anterior mediastinum as Masaoka stage I tumors. A minority of the cases occur as stage II or stage III tumors. The overall survival is reported to be 80-100% at 5 and 10 years.

ResearchLimited published research (3 articles)

Prognosis

Estimated prevalence: Unknown (Unknown prevalence).

Research Landscape

Sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov and PubMed. Publication types are classified using NLM-curated article metadata; research type breakdowns reflect the nature of published work for this disease.

No clinical trials have been registered for thymoma type AB.

3 publications have been identified in PubMed for thymoma type AB. Research spans Review / Meta-Analysis (33%), Case Report / Case Series (33%), and Epidemiology / Natural History (33%).

Recent Publications

Fan R (2025). [PMID: 40578983](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40578983/). *In vivo (Athens, Greece)*. [Case Report / Case Series]
Suster DI (2025). [PMID: 40666531](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40666531/). *Mediastinum (Hong Kong, China)*. [Review / Meta-Analysis]
Yin Y (2024). [PMID: 39533067](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/39533067/). *Scientific reports*. [Epidemiology / Natural History]

Data assembled from 3 of 12 sources · Last updated Sep 19, 2026, 12:58 PM UTC

MONDOHPOClinicalTrials.govFDAPubMedHGNCClinVarClinGenGeneReviewsOrphanetOMIMRUSP

Medical References

External Resources

Orphanet

European rare disease database

Orphanet:263324

GARD

Genetic and Rare Diseases Info Center

GARD:20894

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