SETTLE - Spindle Epithelial Tumor with Thymus-Like Differentiation

Spindle Epithelial Tumor with Thymus-Like Differentiation

By Cathy Heibein

Tidbits Of Information

WHO (World Health Organization) classified it under thyroid tumors, as per Revised WHO classification of thyroid tumours (1988)* (11)

Table. 2 Diagnostic/ Histogenetic classification of thyroid tumors

Tumors showing thymic or related branchial pouch differentiation

Classified by ICD-0-3 (International Classification of Diseases for Onocology) as a tumor of the Thymus 1999 (12)

Neck Tumors of Thymic or Related Branchial Pouch Derivation

Spindle epithelial tumor with thymus-like differentiation - SETTLE