Invasive thymoma in a child: A rare case report

Journal of Pediatric Surgery

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2012, Pages

  Rocha, Mauricio Murce ^a   Miranda De Menezes Neves, Precil Diego ^a   Rodrigues, Camila Cristina Martini ^a   Carrara, Guilherme Freire Angotti ^a   Simões, Fábio Fonseca ^a   Etchebehere, Renata Margarida ^a   Vieira Dos Santos, João Paulo ^a   Fatureto, Marcelo Cunha ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF TRIÂNGULO MINEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Child; Mediastinum tumor; Surgery; Thymoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; HEMOGLOBIN;

ANEMIA; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILD; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FOLLOW UP; FROZEN SECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LUNG; LUNG BIOPSY; LUNG LOBE; LUNG LOBECTOMY; LYMPH NODE; MALE; MEDIASTINUM; PERICARDIUM; PHRENIC NERVE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; THORACOTOMY; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMOMA;

CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INCIDENTAL FINDINGS; LUNG; LYMPH NODE EXCISION; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; PERICARDIUM; PHRENIC NERVE; PNEUMONECTOMY; PNEUMONIA; THORACOTOMY; THYMECTOMY; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 84856933154     PISSN: 00223468     EISSN: 15315037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpedsurg.2011.11.006     Document Type: Article

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