Carcinoma showing thymus-like differentiation (CASTLE) is a rare carcinoma of the thyroid or adjacent soft tissue of the neck with a histologic resemblance to thymic epithelial tumors. Although the fine-needle aspiration (FNA) plays a central role in the initial evaluation of thyroid nodules, few reports about the cytologic findings of CASTLE have been found according to a review of literatures...

A simple example of a stochastic game with irreversibility is studied and it is shown that the folk theorem fails in a robust way. In this game of Castle on the Hill, for a broad range of discount factors, including those close to one, equilibrium is unique. Moreover, the equilibrium for large discount factors is Pareto dominated by the equilibrium for low discount factors. A unique cyclic equi...

Thyroid carcinoma showing thymic-like differentiation (CASTLE) comprises a rare neoplasm of the thyroid gland which arises from ectopic thymic tissue or remnants of brachial pouches. CASTLE is regarded as an indolent neoplasm with a favorable prognosis, irrespective of its metastatic potential. Diagnosis is difficult as clinicopathological features have not been yet well-defined. Radiological f...

Intrathyroidal epithelial thymoma (ITET)/carcinoma showing thymus-like differentiation (CASTLE) is a rare malignant tumor having histopathologic features similar to those of squamous cell carcinoma of the thyroid and other organs and a more favorable prognosis. It is thought to originate from ectopic thymic tissue or embryonic thymic rest in or adjacent to the thyroid. We investigated clinicopa...

Cultural heritage documentation projects very often combine different acquisition methods as tacheometry, photogrammetry and terrestrial laser scanning. In this paper we compare these three methods for recording of heritage buildings. Our test object is the medieval castle of Haut-Andlau (Alsace, France), documented in 2006-2008. This castle is of particular interest for our investigations sinc...