Large cell neuroendocrine thymic carcinoma coexisting within large WHO type AB thymoma

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 256-259

  Nagata, Yoko ^a,b   Ohno, Kiyoshi ^a   Utsumi, Tomoki ^a   Sasaki, Yoshiaki ^a   Suzuki, Yuko ^a  

^a OSAKA KOSEI NENKIN HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NARA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adjuvant radiotherapy; Complete resection; Neuroendocrine thymic carcinoma; Thymectomy; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; CHROMOGRANIN; ETOPOSIDE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FEMALE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; LUNG METASTASIS; MORPHOLOGY; NEUROSECRETORY CELL; PROGNOSIS; RADIODIAGNOSIS; STERNOTOMY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER; TUMOR BIOPSY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33746185658     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ics.2006.01.003     Document Type: Article

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