Thymoma with pseudosarcomatous stroma: Report of an unusual histologic variant of thymic epithelial neoplasm that may simulate carcinosarcoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 1997, Pages 1316-1323

  Suster, Saul ^a,d   Moran, Cesar A ^b   Chan, John K C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d MOUNT SINAI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Atypical thymoma; Carcinosarcoma; Thymic carcinoma; Thymic epithelial neoplasms; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOSARCOMA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOSARCOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0030730228     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199711000-00006     Document Type: Article

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