Thymic carcinosarcoma consisting of squamous cell carcinomatous and embryonal rhabdomyosarcomatous components. Report of a case and review of the literature

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 197, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 205-210

  Okudela, K ^a   Nakamura, N ^b   Sano, J Y ^b   Ito, T ^a   Kitamura, H ^a  

^a YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Yokohama Citizens Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinosarcoma; Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma; Squamous cell carcinoma; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; CORTICOSTEROID; LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOIMMUNE HEMOLYTIC ANEMIA; AUTOPSY; CANCER INVASION; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL SHAPE; DYSPNEA; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; HEART PALPITATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PLEURA; PLEURA EFFUSION; SPLEEN; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOCYTE; THYMUS; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0035064974     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/0344-0338-00035     Document Type: Article

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