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Based on cytomorphology and histoarchitecture, thymomas were classified into spindle cell (SC), small polygonal cell (SPC), mixed, organoid, large polygonal cell (LPC) and squamoid (SQ) thymomas for compiling CK profiles. The thymus was shown to comprise four epithelial compartments, each expressing a different CK profile. Different histological types of thymoma expressed different CK profiles. By correlating the CK profiles of the thymus and thymoma, SPC, SC and LPC thymomas appeared to be related to subcapsular, medullary and cortical cells, respectively. Organoid thymoma recapitulated the structure and CK profile of the normal thymus, while SQ thymoma acquired additional squamous type CK. The applicability and usefulness of the proposed histological classification were evaluated on 147 thymomas by correlating the results with their invasive behaviour. One hundred and thirty\u2010nine cases (95%) could be classified and different histological types correlated strongly with their invasive behaviour.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>The thymus is a complex epithelial organ composed of heterogeneous cell types giving rise to various related histological types of thymoma. The results of the CK profile study supports the proposed histological classification, which is pathologically applicable and clinically useful in correlating with invasiveness. This cytomorphological classification, supported by the CK expression patterns, is comparable to M\u00fcller\u2010Hermelink classification and the new WHO histological classification except that a separate group of SPC thymoma expressing only CK14 and CK19 was identified and separated from mixed thymoma.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1046\/j.1365-2559.2000.00846.x","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2003,3,12]],"date-time":"2003-03-12T00:08:28Z","timestamp":1047427708000},"page":"403-414","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":59,"title":["Cytokeratin profiles of the thymus and thymomas: histogenetic correlations and proposal for a histological classification of thymomas"],"prefix":"10.1111","volume":"36","author":[{"family":"Kuo","sequence":"first","affiliation":[],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"311","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2001,12,25]]},"reference":[{"key":"e_1_2_6_2_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1016\/0092-8674(82)90400-7"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_3_2","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1111\/j.1432-0436.1982.tb01291.x"},{"key":"e_1_2_6_4_2","first-page":"21","article-title":"Cytokeratin subtyping in normal and neoplastic epithelium: Basic principles and diagnostic applications","volume":"29","author":"Schaafsma HE","year":"1994","journal-title":"Pathol. 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