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Ectopic hamartomatous thymoma (EHT) is a benign soft tissue tumor of undefined differentiation. It is also known as branchial anlage mixed tumor and biphenotypic branchioma. Despite the term “thymoma,” there is no evidence of thymic origin or differentiation.
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Mocellin, S. (2021). Ectopic Hamartomatous Thymoma. In: Soft Tissue Tumors . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-58710-9_78
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