Atypical thymoma (WHO B3) with neuroendocrine differentiation: Report of a case

Virchows Archiv

Volumn 449, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 234-237

  Shiraishi, Junichi ^a   Nomori, Hiroaki ^b   Orikasa, Hideki ^b   Mori, Taisuke ^c   Yamazaki, Kazuto ^b  

^a JAPANESE RED CROSS MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

^b SAISEIKAI CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinoid tumor; Neuroendocrine differentiation; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CD1 ANTIGEN; CD56 ANTIGEN; T6 ANTIGEN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROSECRETION; PATHOLOGY; THYMOMA;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD1; ANTIGENS, CD56; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROSECRETORY SYSTEMS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34249076593     PISSN: 09456317     EISSN: 14322307     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00428-006-0218-1     Document Type: Article

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