Thymoma in children: Report of 2 cases and review of the literature

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 202-208

  Liang, Xiayuan ^a,b   Lovell, Mark A ^a,b   Capocelli, Kelley E ^a,b   Albano, Edythe A ^a,c   Birch, Sarah ^a   Keating, Amy K ^a,c   Graham, Douglas K ^a,c  

^a CHILDREN S HOSPITAL COLORADO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c University of Colorado Denver and Children s Hospital Colorado   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediastinal tumor; Pediatric tumor; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; PREDNISONE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGRESSION; CANCER SIZE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE SEVERITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PARANEOPLASTIC SYNDROME; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; MULTIMODALITY CANCER THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; RADIOGRAPHY; REMISSION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CHILD; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; REMISSION INDUCTION; SEX FACTORS; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77956203442     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: 16155742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2350/09-07-0672-OA.1     Document Type: Article

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