Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma of the thyroid - A rare tumour at an unusual site

APMIS

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 384-389

  Abbas, Mustafa ^a   Ajrawi, Tareq ^a   Tungekar, M F ^b,c  

^a FARWANIYA HOSPITAL   (Kuwait)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Alpha inhibin; CD99; Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma; Thyroid gland

Indexed keywords

CD99 ANTIGEN; INHIBIN A; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHONDROSARCOMA; CYTOGENETICS; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOHISTOLOGY; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; PARENCHYMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; STROMA; THYROID TUMOR; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIGENS, CD; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHONDROSARCOMA, MESENCHYMAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INHIBINS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 4844224526     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2004.apm1120609.x     Document Type: Article

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