Metastasis to the thyroid from lung adenocarcinoma mimicking thyroid carcinoma

Japanese Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 353-356

  Haraguchi, Shuji ^a   Hioki, Masafumi ^a   Yamashita, Koji ^a   Orii, Koan ^a   Matsumoto, Koshi ^a   Shimizu, Kazuo ^b  

^a NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL MUSASHI KOSUGI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NIPPON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinoembryonic antigen; Immunohistochemistry; Lung adenocarcinoma; Metastasis; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG ADENOCARCINOMA; METASTASIS; NECK DISSECTION; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID METASTASIS; THYROID SCINTISCANNING; THYROIDECTOMY; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY;

EID: 3843077287     PISSN: 13444964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-004-0070-7     Document Type: Article

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