Ectopic micronodular thymoma with lymphoid stroma [3]

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 444, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 397-399

  Mende, Susanne ^a   Moschopulos, Michael ^a   Marx, A ^b   Laeng, R Hubert ^a  

^a Kantonsspital ^*  (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 17; CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; CYTOKERATIN 8; DESMIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MYOGENIN; MYOGLOBIN; PROTEIN S 100; RETICULIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CELL HYPERPLASIA; CELL POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; LYMPH FOLLICLE; LYMPHADENOPATHY; MALE; PANCREAS ISLET BETA CELL; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA; THYMOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EPITHELIAL CELLS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; PAROTID GLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 2142660739     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-003-0961-5     Document Type: Letter

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