Thymic carcinomas and thymic neuroendocrine tumors: a tribute to Dr. Juan Rosai

Luca Di Tommaso; Edoardo Pescarmona; Arianna Di Napoli; Libero Lauriola; Mirella Marino; Alexander Marx; Philipp Ströbel

doi:10.32074/1591-951X-536

Thymic carcinomas and thymic neuroendocrine tumors: a tribute to Dr. Juan Rosai

Pathologica. 2021 Oct;113(5):371-376. doi: 10.32074/1591-951X-536.

Authors

Luca Di Tommaso^{1

2}, Edoardo Pescarmona³, Arianna Di Napoli⁴, Libero Lauriola⁵, Mirella Marino³, Alexander Marx⁶, Philipp Ströbel⁷

Affiliations

¹ Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Milan, Italy.
² IRCCS Humanitas Research Hospital, Milan, Italy.
³ Department of Pathology, Regina Elena National Cancer Institute, Rome, Italy.
⁴ Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Sapienza University, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Roma, Italy.
⁵ Department of Pathology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario A. Gemelli IRCCS, Roma-Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy.
⁶ Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Germany.
⁷ Institute of Pathology, University Medical Center Göttingen, University of Göttingen, Germany.

Abstract

Throughout his career, Dr. Juan Rosai greatly impacted our understanding of mediastinal tumors, both as a scientist and as a teacher. This review highlights his manifold contributions in the field of thymic carcinomas and thymic neuroendocrine tumors from a historical perspective.

Keywords: Juan Rosai; thymic carcinomas; thymic neuroendocrine tumor.

Publication types

Biography
Historical Article
Review

MeSH terms

History, 20th Century
History, 21st Century
Humans
Mediastinal Neoplasms* / history
Neuroendocrine Tumors* / history
Pathology / history*
Thymoma* / history
Thymus Neoplasms* / diagnostic imaging
Thymus Neoplasms* / history

Personal name as subject

Juan Rosai