Spindle epithelial tumour with thymus-like differentiation (SETTLE) of the thyroid gland with widespread metastases in a 13-year-old girl

Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 490-495

  Raffel, A ^a   Cupisti, K ^a   Rees, M ^a   Janig U ^b   Bernbeck, B ^a   Jazbec, J ^c   Goretzki, P E ^a   Gobel U ^a  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTRE LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

Author keywords

Spindle epithelial tumour with thymus like differentiation (SETTLE); Thyroid gland; Thyroid tumour in children

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYTOKERATIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; MANNITOL; MESNA; MUSCLE ANTIGEN; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CHEMOTHERAPY INDUCED EMESIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HOARSENESS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; THYMUS; THYROID CANCER; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

EID: 0345256593     PISSN: 09366555     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0936-6555(03)00153-5     Document Type: Article

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