Fine-needle aspiration cytology of thymic basaloid carcinoma: Case studies and review of the literature

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 358-366

  Posligua, Lorena ^a   Ylagan, Lourdes ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Basaloid; CD44; CD5; Fine needle aspiration; Multilocular thymic cyst; Thymic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; ASPIRATION CYTOLOGY; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CERVICAL LYMPH NODE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINOSCOPY; MEDIASTINUM MASS; NUCLEOLUS; PAPANICOLAOU TEST; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STERNOTOMY; SURVIVAL TIME; SYMPTOM; THYMECTOMY; THYMIC BASALOID CARCINOMA; THYMUS CANCER; THYMUS CYST;

AGED; BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, BASOSQUAMOUS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; DESMOSOMES; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MEDIASTINAL CYST; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; MIDDLE AGED; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 33646452162     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: 10970339     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.20433     Document Type: Article

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