Mucoepidermoid carcinoma of the thyroid gland showing marked ciliation suggestive of its pathogenesis

Pathology International

Volumn 58, Issue 11, 2008, Pages 741-744

  Ando, Mizuo ^a   Nakanishi, Yukihiro ^b   Asai, Masao ^a   Maeshima, Akiko ^a   Matsuno, Yoshihiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ciliation; Histogenesis; Mucoepidermoid carcinoma; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUBTOTAL THYROIDECTOMY; THYROID CARCINOMA; THYROID GLAND;

AGED; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; THYROID GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 53549090692     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: 14401827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1827.2008.02303.x     Document Type: Article

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