Thymoma arising within cardiac myxoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1208-1213

  Miller, Dylan V ^a   Tazelaar, Henry D ^a   Handy, John R ^b   Young, Donald A ^b   Hernandez, Jo Carolyn ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b PROVIDENCE PORTLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Cardiac myxoma; Heterotopia; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBODY; CALRETININ; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD57 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 7; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; ONCOPROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN CAM 5.2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGED; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL GROWTH; CONSULTATION; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HEART LEFT ATRIUM; HEART RIGHT ATRIUM; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SPINDLE CELL; THYMOMA;

AGED; FEMALE; HEART NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MYXOMA; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 24144483093     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000158398.65190.7b     Document Type: Article

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