Rhabdomyomatous carcinoma of the thymus

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1245-1250

  Moreira De Queiroga, Eduardo ^a,c   Chikota, Horacio ^b   Bacchi, Carlos E ^c   Moran, Cesar A ^d   Suster, Saul ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IMP Medical Laboratory   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Myoid cells; Rhabdomyosarcoma; Thymic carcinoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; DESMIN; MYOGENIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BIOPSY; BONE MARROW CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIASTINUM MASS; MITOSIS; NECROSIS; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; THYMUS CANCER;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; RHABDOMYOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4344635952     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000126056.41540.f4     Document Type: Article

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