Mediastinal mature teratoma with coexistence of angiosarcoma, granulocytic sarcoma and a hematopoietic region in the tumor: A rare case of association between hematological malignancy and mediastinal germ cell tumor

Pathology International

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 749-753

  Saito, Atsuko ^a   Watanabe, Kazuo ^a   Kusakabe, Takashi ^a   Abe, Masafumi ^a   Suzuki, Toshimitsu ^a  

^a FUKUSHIMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Angiosarcoma; Granulocytic sarcoma; Hematopoiesis; Malignant hematological tumor; Mediastinal germ cell tumor; Teratoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANGIOSARCOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GERM CELL TUMOR; GRANULOCYTIC SARCOMA; HEMATOPOIETIC CELL; HEMATOPOIETIC SYSTEM TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0031708892     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.1998.tb03977.x     Document Type: Article

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