Pigmented thymic carcinoids: A clinicopathological and immunohistochemical study of two cases

Modern Pathology

Volumn 12, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 946-948

  Klemm, Katrin M ^a   Moran, César A ^a,c   Suster, Saul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoid; Melanin pigment; Neuroendocrine; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD57 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; IRON; KERATIN; MELANIN; PROTEIN P53; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MITOSIS RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMUS CANCER; THYMUS SURGERY;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD57; CARCINOID TUMOR; CHROMOGRANINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; MELANINS; MIDDLE AGED; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0032827533     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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