Multilocular thymic cyst in a child with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 83-86

  Shalaby Rana, Eglal ^a   Selby, Dena ^a   Ivy, Percy ^a   Schutzbank, Ted ^a   Chan, Maria ^b   Chandra, Roma ^a   Majd, Massoud ^a  

^a CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; cyst; flow cytometry; imaging; pathology; thymus

Indexed keywords

GALLIUM 67;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FLOW CYTOMETRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; NUCLEAR MEDICINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS CYST;

ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME; CHILD; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GALLIUM RADIOISOTOPES; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTE SUBSETS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL CYST; RADIONUCLIDE IMAGING; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030044397     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199601000-00018     Document Type: Article

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