Clinical management of cervical ectopic thymus in children

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 46, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Wang, Jun ^a   Fu, Honghai ^b   Yang, Huawei ^c   Wang, Lizhen ^b   He, Yue ^b  

^a Gansu Province Tumor Hospital   (China)

^b SHANGHAI JIAO TONG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TENTH PEOPLE S HOSPITAL OF TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Children; Congenital anomaly; Ectopic thymus; Head and neck; Immunohistochemistry

Indexed keywords

CD20 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; LEUKOSIALIN;

ARTICLE; BRANCHIOGENIC CYST; CASE REPORT; CERVICAL ECTOPIC THYMUS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECTOPIC ORGAN; EPITHELIUM CELL; FROZEN SECTION; HEAD AND NECK SURGERY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; LYMPHANGIOMA; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; NECK TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERATOMA; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMUS DISEASE; TUMOR VOLUME;

CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHORISTOMA; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; NECK; THYMUS GLAND;

EID: 80051883565     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.05.002     Document Type: Article

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