Thymic carcinoid with mucinous stroma: A rare variant of carcinoid with an aggressive clinical course

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 114-116

  Gao, Zhenqiang ^a   Kahn, Leonard ^a   Bhuiya, Tawfiqul ^a  

^a ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediastinal tumor; Stromal mucin; Thymic carcinoid

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CARCINOID; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STROMA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMUS CANCER;

EID: 33645010986     PISSN: 10929134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2005.07.017     Document Type: Article

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