Mediastinal parathyroid carcinoma with tumor implants in a child: A unique occurrence

International Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 458-460

  Righi, Alberto ^a,b,d   Dimosthenous, Kypros ^a   Mize, James ^c  

^a Centro Diagnostico Italiano   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c INOVA FAIRFAX HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BELLARIA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Child; Mediastinum; Parathyroid

Indexed keywords

KERATIN; METHOXY ISOBUTYL ISONITRILE TECHNETIUM TC 99M; PARATHYROID HORMONE; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; THYROGLOBULIN; THYROID TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR 1;

ARTICLE; BIOPSY TECHNIQUE; CANCER GRAFT; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; ECHOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIASTINAL PARATHYROID CARCINOMA; MICROSCOPY; NECK DISSECTION; PARATHYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

CHILD; HUMANS; HYPERPARATHYROIDISM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIASTINAL NEOPLASMS; PARATHYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 52149108091     PISSN: 10668969     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1066896908315821     Document Type: Article

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