Adenocarcinoma of the thymus, enteric type : Report of 2 cases, and proposal for a novel subtype of thymic carcinoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 541-548

  Moser, Bernhard ^a   Schiefer, Ana Iris ^a   Janik, Stefan ^a   Marx, Alexander ^b   Prosch, Helmut ^a   Pohl, Wolfgang ^c   Neudert, Barbara ^a   Scharrer, Anke ^a   Klepetko, Walter ^a   Müllauer, Leonhard ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^c Hietzing Hospital   (Austria)

Author keywords

CDX2; cytokeratin 20; enteric; thymic adenocarcinoma; thymus

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; BIOPSY; CANCER STAGING; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTIVE VALUE; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADENOCARCINOMA, MUCINOUS; ADULT; BIOPSY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; THYMOMA; THYMUS NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR BURDEN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84925944599     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0000000000000359     Document Type: Article

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