Papillary adenocarcinoma in a thymic cyst: A pitfall of thoracoscopic excision

Annals of Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 76, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1279-1281

  Zaitlin, Nona ^a   Rozenman, Judith ^a   Yellin, Alon ^a  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CASE REPORT; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG METASTASIS; MEDIASTINUM; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REOPERATION; SPINE METASTASIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACOSCOPY; THYMUS CYST; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDIASTINAL CYST; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM SEEDING; THORACIC SURGERY, VIDEO-ASSISTED; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0141451663     PISSN: 00034975     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(03)00524-1     Document Type: Article

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