Cervical ectopic thymus in a 9-month-old girl - Diagnostic difficulties

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 599-601

  Mizia Malarz, Agnieszka ^a   Sobol, Grazyna ^a   Maldyk, Jadwiga ^b   Stolpa, Weronika ^a   Szyszka, Anna ^a   Wos, Halina ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Children; Ectopic thymus; Lymphoma

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE;

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL ECTOPIC THYMUS; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; THYMUS DISEASE; CHORISTOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEAD AND NECK TUMOR; NECK; PATHOLOGY; THYMUS;

CHORISTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; NECK; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 68849127232     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31819f1e16     Document Type: Article

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