Adenocarcinoma of the thymus: Mucinous subtype

Human Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 219-223

  Takahashi, Fumiyuki ^a   Tsuta, Koji ^b,c   Matsuno, Yoshihiro ^b,c   Takahashi, Kazuhisa ^a   Toba, Michie ^a   Sato, Koichi ^a   Uekusa, Toshimasa ^d   Izumi, Hiroshi ^a   Nakamura, Kazuhiro ^a   Hirose, Sachiko ^a   Fukuchi, Yoshinosuke ^a  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^d KANTO ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Mucinous adenocarcinoma; Thymic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CD5 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 20; CYTOKERATIN 7; MUCIN; MUCIN 2; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR CDX2;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMUS CANCER; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 20044368618     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2004.11.008     Document Type: Article

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