Lymphoepithelioma-like thymic carcinoma in a 16-year-old boy with nephrotic syndrome - A case report

Pediatric Nephrology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1001-1003

  Kiliś Pstrusińska, Katarzyna ^a   Medyńska, Anna ^a   Zwolińska, Danuta ^a   Dobaczewski, Grzegorz ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Children; Nephrotics yndrome; Thymic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMBUCIL; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; PREDNISONE; STEROID; VINCRISTINE;

ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CARDIOPULMONARY INSUFFICIENCY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CORTICOSTEROID THERAPY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DRUG PULSE THERAPY; HEMODIALYSIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY BIOPSY; LYMPHOEPITHELIOMA; MALE; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MINIMAL CHANGE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STERNOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMUS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; NEPHROTIC SYNDROME; RENAL DIALYSIS; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 42649095360     PISSN: 0931041X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00467-007-0666-0     Document Type: Article

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