Cystic Adenomatoid Tumor of the Mediastinum

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 132-138

  Plaza, Jose Antonio ^a   Dominguez, Felipe ^b   Suster, Saul ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b East Coast Pathology Associates   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenomatoid tumor; Anterior mediastinum; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; ANTIGEN; CALRETININ; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CD31 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; CYTOKERATIN 7; MOC 31 ANTIGEN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADENOMATOID TUMOR; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CELL SURFACE; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYST; CYTOPLASM; DESMOSOME; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MEDIASTINUM; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MESOTHELIUM CELL; MICROVILLUS; PERICARDIUM; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TONOFILAMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOMATOID TUMOR; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0346788622     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200401000-00016     Document Type: Article

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