Mediastinal thymolipoma: A rare occurrence with striated myoid cells

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Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 198-200

  Gannon, Brian R ^a   Dexter, David F ^a   Petsikas, Dimitri ^a   Isotalo, Phillip A ^a,b  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b KINGSTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Mediastinum; Myoid; Thymolipoma; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; DESMIN; MYOGLOBIN;

ADULT; AORTA BALLOON; ARTICLE; BENIGN TUMOR; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CASE REPORT; CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; LIPOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINAL THYMOLIPOMA; MEDIASTINUM MASS; RARE DISEASE; SKELETAL MUSCLE; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS;

EID: 34249875418     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160709300215     Document Type: Article

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