Thymic Carcinoma: Case Reports and Review

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 66-74

  Quagliano, Peter V ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Thymic carcinoma; Thymoma; Thymus neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NOMENCLATURE; PATHOLOGY; PROGNOSIS; RADIOGRAPHY; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; THYMOMA;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; TERMINOLOGY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030522448     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005382-199601110-00007     Document Type: Review

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