Ectopic intrathyroidal thymoma: A case report and review

Thyroid

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 305-308

  Cohen, Jason B ^a   Troxell, Megan ^a   Kong, Christina S ^a   McDougall, I Ross ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LYMPHOCYTE PROLIFERATION; LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYROID NODULE; THYROID TUMOR; TUMOR BIOPSY; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS;

EID: 0037365684     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/105072503321582132     Document Type: Article

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