Primary mucinous adenocarcinoma of the thymus: A case report and review of the literature

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 130, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 201-204

  Kapur, Payal ^a   Rakheja, Dinesh ^a   Bastasch, Michael ^a   Molberg, Kyle H ^a   Sarode, Venetia R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GASTROINTESTINAL CARCINOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MORPHOLOGY; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; PRIMARY MUCINOUS ADENOCARCINOMA; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; THYMUS CANCER; TUMOR BIOPSY;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 32544434241     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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