Giant ossifying malignant thymoma in a child

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2010, Pages

  Bikhchandani, Jai ^a   Valusek, Patricia A ^a   Juang, David ^a   E O'Brien Jr , James ^a   Hetherington, Maxine ^a   St Peter, Shawn D ^a  

^a CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Malignant; Ossifying; Pediatric; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DEXAMETHASONE; DOXORUBICIN;

ANESTHESIA INDUCTION; ARTICLE; B LYMPHOCYTE; BRACHIOCEPHALIC VEIN; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL INFILTRATION; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEMOPERICARDIUM; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; KARYOTYPE 46,XX; KNEE PAIN; LYMPHOCYTE; NEEDLE BIOPSY; OPERATING ROOM; PERCUTANEOUS BIOPSY; PERICARDIOCENTESIS; PLEURA CAVITY; PNEUMOTHORAX; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; STERNOTOMY; THORACIC CAVITY; THORACOTOMY; THYMOMA; TRABECULAR BONE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR VOLUME; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; NEOADJUVANT THERAPY; OSSIFICATION, HETEROTOPIC; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 77956852157     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2010.06.021     Document Type: Article

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