Pleural and transdiaphragmatic retroperitoneal metastasis developing two and half years after resection of invasive thymoma

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages

  Debnath, Jyotindu ^a   Chawla, N ^a   Talwar, R ^a   Vohra, L S ^a   George, R A ^a   Singh, H P ^a   Vaidya, A ^a   Satija, L ^a  

^a Associated with Armed Forces Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Invasive thymoma; Lymphocyte rich thymoma; Transdiaphragmatic metastasis

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAPHRAGM DISEASE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PLEURA CAVITY; PLEURA METASTASIS; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; THYMOMA; TUMOR ASSOCIATED LEUKOCYTE;

ADULT; DIAPHRAGM; HUMANS; MALE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PLEURAL NEOPLASMS; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS; SINGAPORE; THYMOMA; TIME FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42249090209     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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