An authentic malignant epithelioid hemangioendothelioma of the thyroid: A case report and review of the literature

Thyroid

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1377-1381

  Hassan, I ^a   Barth, P ^a   Celik, I ^a   Hoffmann, S ^a   Langer, P ^a   Ramaswamy, A ^a   Wagner, H J ^a   Rothmund, M ^a   Zielke, A ^a  

^a PHILIPPS UNIVERSITY MARBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA INTERFERON; CD31 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; MNF 116; PANKERATIN; TUMOR MARKER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR;

AGED; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; ENDEMIC GOITER; EPITHELIOID CELL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA; HUMAN; IODINE DEFICIENCY; METASTASIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; SPINDLE CELL; THYROID MASS; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

AGED; FEMALE; HEMANGIOENDOTHELIOMA, EPITHELIOID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 31344476178     PISSN: 10507256     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/thy.2005.15.1377     Document Type: Review

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