Low-grade serous carcinoma of the ovary metastatic to the anterior mediastinum simulating multilocular thymic cysts: A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 3 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 496-499

  Moran, Cesar A ^a   Suster, Saul ^b   Silva, Elvio G ^a  

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

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Cysts; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; CA 125 ANTIGEN; CHOLESTEROL; KERATIN; MOC31 ANTIGEN; THYROGLOBULIN; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER SIZE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOID HYPERPLASIA; MEDIASTINUM METASTASIS; OVARY CARCINOMA; PSAMMOMA BODY; THYMUS CYST; TUMOR BLEEDING; TUMOR NECROSIS;

ADULT; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA, SEROUS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MEDIASTINAL CYST; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MEDIASTINUM; MIDDLE AGED; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 15744405582     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000155147.37800.e1     Document Type: Article

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