Thymic mucoepidermoid carcinomas: A clinicopathologic study of 10 cases and review of the literature

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 28, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1526-1531

  Nonaka, Daisuke ^a,b   Klimstra, David ^a   Rosai, Juan ^b  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Mucoepidermoid carcinoma; Multilocular thymic cyst; Thymic carcinoma; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CANCER GRADING; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SQUAMOUS CELL; SYMPTOM; THYMUS CANCER; THYMUS CYST; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOMA, MUCOEPIDERMOID; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 7044272851     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000137999.23780.2a     Document Type: Review

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