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From: Type A thymoma: a rare cause of neoplastic cardiac tamponade with long-term survival

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Dorsal view of a formalin-fixed resected specimen (a) and histology (b–e) (Hematoxylin and eosin stain: b, × 400; c–e, × 40). a A tumor (white arrow) extending into the pericardial inner lumen (white arrowhead: pericardium). b Type A thymoma showing the same morphology as at the time of biopsy. c–e Tumor cell invasion into the pericardium (white arrow). b Microscope: BX53 (OLYMPUS, Tokyo, Japan), lenses: UPlanFl (OLYMPUS, Tokyo, Japan), a camera: DP22 (OLYMPUS, Tokyo Japan), and a photo system: cellSens Standard 2.3 (OLYMPUS, Tokyo Japan) at a resolution of 96 dots per inch (1920 × 1440 pixels). The scale bar = 50 μm. c–e Microscope: AX80 (OLYMPUS, Tokyo, Japan), lenses: UPlanApo (OLYMPUS, Tokyo, Japan), a camera: DP70 (OLYMPUS, Tokyo Japan), and a photo system: DP controller 1.2 (OLYMPUS, Tokyo Japan) at a resolution of 72 dots per inch (4080 × 3072 pixels). The scale bar = 1 mm

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