Malignant ectopic thymoma in the neck: A case report

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 1747-1749

  Jung, Jung Im ^a   Kim, Hak Hee ^a   Park, Seog Hee ^a   Lee Soo, Youn ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER;

AGED; CHORISTOMA; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; THYMOMA; THYMUS GLAND; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TONGUE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0344604279     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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