Spindle epithelial tumor with thymus-like elements of the thyroid: a multi-institutional case series and review of the literature

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 44, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 944-948

  Grushka, Jeremy R ^a   Ryckman, Jon ^a   Mueller, Claudia ^c   Roessingh, Anthony de Buys ^c   Walton, J Mark ^b   St Vil, Dickens ^c   Laberge, Jean Martin ^a   Bernard, Chantal ^a   Nguyen, Van Hung ^a   Puligandla, Pramod S ^a  

^a MONTREAL CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MONTREAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Oncology; SETTLE; Thyroid pathology

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CELECOXIB; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; GEMCITABINE; IFOSFAMIDE; THALIDOMIDE;

ABSCESS; ADD ON THERAPY; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CASE STUDY; CERVICAL LYMPHADENOPATHY; CHILD; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; DISTANT METASTASIS; DRUG RESPONSE; DYSPNEA; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; FATIGUE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEMITHYROIDECTOMY; HEMOPTYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPERCALCEMIA; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG METASTASIS; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NECK ABSCESS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATHOLOGY; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PLEURA EFFUSION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPINDLE EPITHELIAL TUMOR WITH THYMUS LIKE ELEMENT; TERATOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYROID GLAND; THYROID TERATOMA; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; TRANSTHORACIC ASPIRATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT RESPONSE; TUMOR VOLUME; ULTRASOUND;

ABSCESS; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CARCINOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORISTOMA; CISPLATIN; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEOXYCYTIDINE; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; HUMANS; IFOSFAMIDE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; PYRAZOLES; SULFONAMIDES; TERATOMA; THALIDOMIDE; THYMUS GLAND; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 65449123443     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2009.01.030     Document Type: Article

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