Mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma in the thymus of a patient with systemic lupus erythematosus

General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 288-291

  Maeda, Ai ^a   Hayama, Makio ^a   Nakata, Masao ^a   Masaki, Hisao ^a   Tanemoto, Kazuo ^a  

^a KAWASAKI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

Author keywords

MALT lymphoma; Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); Thymus

Indexed keywords

ANTINUCLEAR ANTIBODY; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; LA ANTIBODY; RHEUMATOID FACTOR;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUCOSA ASSOCIATED LYMPHOID TISSUE LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS LYMPHOMA;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS, SYSTEMIC; LYMPHOMA, B-CELL, MARGINAL ZONE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 45749143625     PISSN: 18636705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11748-008-0237-8     Document Type: Article

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