Extrathoracic metastases of thymic origin: A review of 35 cases

Modern Pathology

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 370-377

  Vladislav, Tudor ^a   Jain, Rohit K ^a   Alvarez, Rudy ^a   Mehta, Rutika J ^a   Gökmen Polar, Yesim ^a   Kesler, Kenneth A ^a   Henley, John D ^b   Loehrer, Patrick J ^a   Badve, Sunil ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Pain Center   (United States)

Author keywords

extrathoracic metastases; thymic carcinoma; thymoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; CANCER INVASION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER;

EID: 84857794135     PISSN: 08933952     EISSN: 15300285     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/modpathol.2011.178     Document Type: Review

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