Table 2.

Description of patients with lung cancer who underwent pericardial fat tissue biopsy according with thymic status

Patient	Sex	Stage°	Hassall’s bodies ±	Cystic lesion	Nests lymphocyte	TDT ±
1	Female	IIIA	–	+	–	–
2	Male	IB	–	–	–	–
3	Male	y(IB)	–	–	+	–
4	Female	y(IIIA)	–	–	+	–
5	Male	IIIA	–	–	–	–
6	Male	IA2	–	–	–	–
7	Female	IA3	–	–	–	–
8	Male	IIB	+	–	–	+
9	Female	IA2	–	–	–	–
10	Female	IIB	–	+	–	–
11	Female	IA3	–	+	–	–
12	Female	IA2	–	–	–	–
13	Male	IIIA	–	+		–
14	Female	IIB	–	–	+	–
15	Male	IA3	–	–	–	–
16	Female	IIIA	–	–	+	–
17	Male	IA2	–	–	–	–
18	Female	IB	–	–	–	–
19	Male	IA1	+	–	–	+
20	Male	IIA	NA	NA	NA	NA

°(p) stage: according to the TNM 8° ed