Primary pericardic thymoma : An unusual origin of neoplastic pericarditis;Thymome primitif du péricarde : Une étiologie inhabituelle de péricardite néoplasique

Annales de Pathologie

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 445-448

  Ben Hami, B ^a   Caulet Maugendre, S ^a   Valla, J ^a   Heresbach Le Berre, N ^a   Kernec, J ^a   Laurent, M ^b   Ramee M P ^a  

^a PONTCHAILLOU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b Hotel Dieu CHU Rennes   (France)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; MIC 2 antibody; Neoplastic pericarditis; Pericardium; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PERICARDITIS; PERICARDIUM; THYMOMA; ADULT; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY;

HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDITIS; PERICARDIUM; THYMOMA;

MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY;

EID: 0030452164     PISSN: 02426498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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