Primary parathyroid tumors of the mediastinum: A clinicopathologic and immunohistochemical study of 17 cases

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 124, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 749-754

  Moran, Cesar A ^a   Suster, Saul ^b  

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

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenoma; Carcinoma; Mediastinum; Parathyroid; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY POLYCYSTIC DISEASE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; PARATHYROID TUMOR; PRIMARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; SECONDARY HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 27444433092     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/WJELN05L9A069DU0     Document Type: Article

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