Cervical ectopic thymus masquerading as metastatic thyroid papillary carcinoma

Malaysian Journal of Pathology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 65-68

  Chowhan, Amit K ^a   Kinnera, Vijay S B ^a   Yootla, Mutheeswaraiah ^a   Reddy, M Kumaraswamy ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Children; Ectopic thymus; Neck mass; Thyroid

Indexed keywords

CD45RO ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN;

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ECHOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC TISSUE; FEMALE; GOITER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; LYMPHADENECTOMY; METASTASIS; NECK; SCHOOL CHILD; T LYMPHOCYTE; THYMUS; THYROID ADENOMA; THYROID MASS; THYROID PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS; NEEDLE BIOPSY; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; THYROID DYSGENESIS; THYROID TUMOR;

BIOPSY, FINE-NEEDLE; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; THYROID DYSGENESIS; THYROID NEOPLASMS; THYROIDECTOMY; THYROIDITIS;

EID: 77955491146     PISSN: 01268635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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