Primary and metastatic lung tumors in the pediatric population: A review and 25-year experience at a large children's hospital

Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 132, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 1079-1103

  Dishop, Megan K ^a   Kuruvilla, Supriya ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOID CYSTIC CARCINOMA; ADRENAL CORTEX CARCINOMA; BRONCHUS CARCINOID; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CHONDROMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; EWING SARCOMA; FIBROSARCOMA; HAMARTOMA; HEMANGIOMA; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HISTIOCYTOSIS X; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KAPOSI SARCOMA; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LEUKEMIA; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG BLASTOMA; LUNG CANCER; LUNG CARCINOMA; LUNG CYST; LUNG HAMARTOMA; LUNG PAPILLOMATOSIS; LUNG TUMOR; LYMPHANGIOMATOSIS; LYMPHOMA; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PAPILLOMATOSIS; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; LUNG NEOPLASMS;

EID: 46849083500     PISSN: 00039985     EISSN: 15432165     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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