Thymic large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma: Report of a resected case - a case report

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ogawa, Fumihiro ^a   Iyoda, Akira ^a   Amano, Hideki ^a   Nezu, Kenji ^a   Jiang, Shi Xu ^a   Okayasu, Isao ^a   Satoh, Yukitoshi ^a  

^a KITASATO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CARCINOMA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HUMAN; LARGE CELL CARCINOMA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA;

CARCINOMA, LARGE CELL; CARCINOMA, NEUROENDOCRINE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; THYMECTOMY; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 78549283517     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17498090     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1749-8090-5-115     Document Type: Article

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