Two cases of repeatedly recurrent atypical thymoma

Chest

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 282-285

  Kondo, Kazuya ^a,c   Sakiyama, Syouji ^a   Takahashi, Keiji ^a   Uyama, Tadashi ^b   Monden, Yastnnasa ^b   Shimosato, Yukio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c The University of Tokushima   (Japan)

Author keywords

Atypical thymoma; Recurrence; Thymic carcinoma; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; THYMOMA; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0032938404     PISSN: 00123692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1378/chest.115.1.282     Document Type: Article

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