Thymic Carcinoma which Developed in a Thymic Cyst

Internal Medicine

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 215-218

  Yamashita, Shu Ichi ^a,b   Yamazaki, Hiroshi ^a   Kato, Tatsuji ^a   Yokota, Tada Aki ^a   Matsumoto, Nobuhiro ^b   Matsukura, Shigeru ^c  

^a KOKURA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Miyazaki Shigun Ishikai Hospital   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MIYAZAKI   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anterior mediastinum; Squamous cell carcinoma; Thymus

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MEDIASTINUM CYST; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THYMOMA;

AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL CYST; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030098832     PISSN: 09182918     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2169/internalmedicine.35.215     Document Type: Article

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