Mucinous adenocarcinomas of the thymus: Report of 2 cases and review of the literature

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 31, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1330-1336

  Ra, Seong H ^a   Fishbein, Michael C ^a   Baruch Oren, Tamar ^a   Shintaku, Peter ^a   Apple, Sophia K ^a   Cameron, Robert B ^a   Lai, Chi K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Mucinous carcinoma; Psammoma bodies; Thymic adenocarcinoma; Thymic carcinoma; Thymus

Indexed keywords

CD5 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN 5; CYTOKERATIN 6; CYTOKERATIN 7;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; PSAMMOMA BODY; THYMUS ADENOCARCINOMA; THYMUS CANCER; THYMUS SURGERY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTIGENS, CD5; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATIN-5; KERATIN-6; KERATIN-7; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 34548244229     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31802f72ef     Document Type: Article

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