Solitary fibrous tumor of the thymus with local invasiveness and pleural dissemination: Report of a case

Annals of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 198-202

  Iwata, Takashi ^a   Nishiyama, Noritoshi ^a   Izumi, Nobuhiro ^a   Tsukioka, Takuma ^a   Suehiro, Shigefumi ^a  

^a OSAKA CITY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Adult; Mediastinum; Neoplasm; Solitary fibrous tumor; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESOTHELIOMA; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; PLEURA; RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD34; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESOTHELIOMA; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PLEURA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; VIMENTIN;

EID: 34548076356     PISSN: 13411098     EISSN: 21861005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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