Thymic hyperplasia in thyroid cancer patients

Journal of Thoracic Imaging

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 1-4

  Niendorf, Eric R ^a   Parker, John A ^a   Yechoor, Vijay ^a,b   Garber, Jeffrey R ^a,b   Boiselle, Philip M ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b HARVARD VANGUARD MEDICAL ASSOCIATES   (United States)

Author keywords

Computed tomography; Thoracic CT; Thymic hyperplasia; Thymus; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

HORMONE RECEPTOR; RADIOACTIVE IODINE; THYROTROPIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; PREVALENCE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMUS; THYMUS HYPERPLASIA; THYROID CANCER;

EID: 14644398504     PISSN: 08835993     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.rti.0000154075.06324.14     Document Type: Article

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