Ectopic hamartomatous thymoma: A case report with immunohistochemical study and review of the literature

Journal of Cutaneous Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 369-372

  Kushida, Yoshio ^a   Haba, Reiji ^a   Kobayashi, Shoji ^b   Ishikawa, Masashi ^a   Doi, Takashi ^a   Kadota, Kyuichi ^a  

^a KAGAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Imabari Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALPHA SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; CD20 ANTIGEN; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD45RO ANTIGEN; CD99 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; KERATIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN P53; PROTEIN S 100; T6 ANTIGEN; VIMENTIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE CELL; ADULT; BENIGN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CASE REPORT; CLAVICLE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECTOPIC HAMARTOMATOUS THYMOMA; EPITHELIUM CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; RARE DISEASE; REVIEW; SPINDLE CELL; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; THYMOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; ANTIGENS, CD1; ANTIGENS, CD20; ANTIGENS, CD34; ANTIGENS, CD45; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHORISTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; KERATINS; MALE; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 33646240320     PISSN: 03036987     EISSN: 16000560     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.0303-6987.2006.00424.x     Document Type: Review

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