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Minimally Invasive Thymoma
A thymoma that focally infiltrates the surrounding capsule and invades the mediastinal fat. This type of thymoma is usually recognized only after microscopic examination. Grossly, it appears indistinguishable from encapsulated thymoma. -- 2005 (NCI Thesaurus)
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