Carcinomas arising in multilocular thymic cysts of the neck: A clinicopathological study of three cases

Histopathology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 64-68

  Moran, C A ^a,c   Suster, S ^a,b   El Naggar, A ^a   Luna, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Ectopic; Neck; Thymic cyst; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER GROWTH; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NECK CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THYMUS CYST;

ADENOCARCINOMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL CYST; MIDDLE AGED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0842265255     PISSN: 03090167     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2559.2004.01767.x     Document Type: Article

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