Primary neuroendocrine carcinomas of the mediastinum: review of current criteria for histopathologic diagnosis and classification

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 223-229

  Moran, Cesar A ^a  

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

Author keywords

Carcinoid; Carcinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Mediastinum; Neuroendocrine; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; PARAGANGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; THYMOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646083920     PISSN: 07402570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semdp.2006.02.007     Document Type: Article

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