Thymic carcinoma associated with multilocular thymic cyst: A clinicopathologic study of 7 cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 1074-1079

  Weissferdt, Annikka ^a   Moran, Cesar A ^a  

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

Author keywords

acquired cyst; mediastinum; multilocular thymic cyst; thymic carcinoma; thymus

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CARCINOSARCOMA; CASE REPORT; ENZYME IMMUNOASSAY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDIASTINUM CYST; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE CANCER; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; THYMOMA;

ADULT; AGED; CARCINOMA, BASAL CELL; CARCINOMA, PAPILLARY; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARCINOSARCOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MEDIASTINAL CYST; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79959658471     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e31821c7402     Document Type: Article

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