Intrapericardial thymoma: Report of two incidental autopsy cases and review of the literature

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 121, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 59-63

  Mirra, Maurizio ^a   Zanella, Micaela ^a   Bussani, Rossana ^a,b   Falconieri, Giovanni ^a,b  

^a MAGGIORE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b City Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CARDIOMEGALY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOGAMMAGLOBULINEMIA; PERICARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; THYMOMA; TUMOR GROWTH;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIBODIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; KERATINS; MIDDLE AGED; PERICARDIUM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0030983734     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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