• 1 Introduction.- 2 Tumours and tumour-like conditions of the thymus.- 3 Malignant lymphomas.- 4 Germ-cell tumours.- 5 Neural tumours.- 6 Mediastinal thyroid and parathyroid tumours.- 7 Mesenchymal tumours.- 8 Castleman’s disease.- 9 Cysts (other than thymic).- 10 Metastases and miscellaneous rare tumours.

' In summary, I would highly recommend this book to the general pathologist who may have to deal with a difficult problem from the mediastinum. At 132 pages, the book is short and presents its information in a crisp, forthright manner. ... I would consider it well worth buying. ' Clinical Oncology, 5 No. 6, 1993 'This book is a pleasure to read and can recommended without restrictions as a valuable supplement to more extensive textbooks. It is also a valuable guide for clinicians and surgeons involved in thoracid pathology.' Ultrastructural Pathology 17:123 1993