Placental site trophoblastic tumor of the mediastinum

Human Pathology

Volumn 36, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 581-584

  Went, Philip Th ^a   Dirnhofer, Stephan ^a   Stallmach, Thoman ^b   Taverna, Christian ^c   Singer, Gad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Germ cell tumor; Intermediate trophoblast; Mediastinum; Placental site trophoblastic tumor

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; LEUKOCYTE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL INFILTRATION; CHORIOCARCINOMA; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTESTINE EPITHELIUM CELL; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; MELANOMA CELL; RESPIRATORY EPITHELIUM; SCHOOL CHILD; SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM; TERATOMA; TISSUE NECROSIS; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; PREGNANCY; TERATOMA; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR, PLACENTAL SITE; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 20144361976     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2005.02.020     Document Type: Article

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