Thymic carcinoma: update of current diagnostic criteria and histologic types

Seminars in Diagnostic Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 198-212

  Suster, Saul ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnostic criteria; Histologic classification; Prognosis; Thymic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ANOREXIA; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOSARCOMA; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOGENETICS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DYSPNEA; ENDOSCOPY; EPITHELIUM; EPSTEIN BARR VIRUS; FATIGUE; FEVER; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINIZATION; METASTASIS; MORPHOLOGY; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; ORGAN; OSTEOARTHROPATHY; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOID TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STAIN; STAINING; SUPERIOR CAVA VEIN SYNDROME; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMUS; THYMUS CANCER; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VOLUME; VIRUS INFECTION; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33646100744     PISSN: 07402570     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.semdp.2006.02.006     Document Type: Article

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