Malignant melanoma in the thymus

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2000, Pages 1305-1308

  Fushimi, Hiroaki ^a   Kotoh, Kiyoshi ^a   Watanabe, Dai ^a   Tanio, Yoshiro ^a   Ogawa, Tatsuji ^a   Miyoshi, Shinichiro ^b  

^a OSAKA GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b OSAKA UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Giant pigmented nevus; Malignant melanoma; Thymus

Indexed keywords

HMB 45; PROTEIN S 100; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOMA; THYMUS CANCER; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MELANOMA; NEVUS, PIGMENTED; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0033843572     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200009000-00017     Document Type: Article

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