Ectopic thymoma with pure red cell aplasia - Ambiguity with indolence

International Journal of Surgery

Volumn 6, Issue 6, 2008, Pages

  Vohra, Lakhvinder S ^a   Talwar, Rajnish ^a   Mathur, Mala ^a   Bharathi, Ramanathan Saranga ^b   Debnath, Jyotindu ^a   Chawla, Naveen ^a  

^a Associated with Armed Forces Medical College   (India)

^b ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Ectopic thymoma; Pure red cell aplasia; Thymectomy

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CYCLOSPORIN; DANAZOL; PREDNISOLONE; TACROLIMUS; THYMOCYTE ANTIBODY;

ABNORMAL RESPIRATORY SOUND; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BONE MARROW EXAMINATION; BRONCHOSCOPY; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DISEASE COURSE; DYSPNEA; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY TEST; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG NON SMALL CELL CANCER; LUNG TUMOR; MALE; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PALLOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PURE RED CELL ANEMIA; T CELL LYMPHOMA; TACHYCARDIA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT DURATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; WEAKNESS;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RED-CELL APLASIA, PURE; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 57049177108     PISSN: 17439191     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsu.2006.09.004     Document Type: Article

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