Thymic carcinoma with rhabdoid features

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 106-111

  Toprani, Tushar H ^b   Tamboli, Pheroze ^a   Amin, Mitual B ^b   Ordoñez, Nelson G ^b   Ayala, Alberto G ^b   Ro, Jae Y ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Electron microscopy; Immunohistochemistry; Rhabdoid tumor; Thymic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYTOKERATIN; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; BONE METASTASIS; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPITHELIUM CELL; FOLLOW UP; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM LYMPH NODE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MESENCHYME CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOID TUMOR; STROMA CELL; THORAX PAIN; THYMUS CANCER; TISSUE SECTION;

EID: 0242416561     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/adpa.2003.50007     Document Type: Article

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