Ectopic hamartomatous thymoma: Report of a case with fine needle aspiration biopsy findings

Acta Cytologica

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 232-234

  Hirokawa, Mitsuyoshi ^a   Tadaoka, Yoshiyuki ^a   Shimizu, Michio ^a   Monobe, Yasumasa ^a   Kanahara, Takuo ^a   Manabe, Toshiaki ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aspiration biopsy; Clavicle; Ectopic hamartomatous thymoma; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NECK TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIODIAGNOSIS; THYMOMA;

EID: 0032911325     PISSN: 00015547     EISSN: 19382650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000330983     Document Type: Article

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