Invasive spindle cell thymomas (WHO type A): A clinicopathologic correlation of 41 cases

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 134, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 793-798

  Moran, Cesar A ^a   Kalhor, Neda ^a   Suster, Saul ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN   (United States)

Author keywords

Mediastinum; Spindle cell; Thymoma; World Health Organization

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COUGHING; DYSPNEA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MYASTHENIA GRAVIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL THYMOMA; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; THYMOMA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS;

EID: 78049505111     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: 19437722     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/AJCP7KBP4QQLRLXW     Document Type: Article

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