Tumor-to-tumor metastasis: Renal cell carcinoma metastatic to papillary carcinoma of thyroid-report of a case and review of the literature

Head and Neck Pathology

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 327-330

  Bohn, Olga L ^a   de las Casas, Luis E ^b   Leon, Marino E ^c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center El Paso   (United States)

^c THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY WEXNER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Metastasis; Papillary thyroid carcinoma; Renal cell carcinoma; Tumor to tumor metastasis

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; KIDNEY TUMOR; MALE; METASTASIS; PATHOLOGY; REVIEW; THYROID TUMOR; THYROIDECTOMY; ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; SECONDARY; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

ADENOCARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; AGED; CARCINOMA, RENAL CELL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY NEOPLASMS; MALE; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY;

EID: 72249115580     PISSN: 1936055X     EISSN: 19360568     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12105-009-0147-9     Document Type: Review

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