Two cases of ectopic hamartomatous thymoma

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 437, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 643-647

  Zhao, Chen ^a   Yamada, Taketo ^a   Kuramochi, Shigeru ^a,c   Yamazaki, Kazuto ^b   Mukai, Makio ^b   Kameyama, Kaori ^b   Hata, Jun Ichi ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KEIO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION TOKYO MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ectopic hamartomatous thymoma; Immunohistochemistry; Myoid cell

Indexed keywords

CREATINE KINASE MM; CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; MYOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL TYPE; ECTOPIC TISSUE; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMOMA; THYMUS DISEASE;

ADIPOCYTES; AGED; ANTIGENS, CD34; ANTIGENS, CD45; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHORISTOMA; CREATINE KINASE; EPITHELIAL CELLS; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; MYOGLOBIN; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034537314     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004280000309     Document Type: Article

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