Rhabdomyomatous multilocular thymic cyst

American Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 119, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 816-821

  Chetty, Runjan ^a,b   Reddi, Anu ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^b PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cyst; Myoid cells; Skeletal muscle; Thymus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CELL TYPE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; THORAX PAIN; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; THYMUS CYST; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR VOLUME; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIUM; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDIASTINUM CYST; PATHOLOGY; RHABDOMYOMA; SKELETAL MUSCLE;

ADOLESCENT; CELL NUCLEUS; CHEST PAIN; CYTOPLASM; EPITHELIUM; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIASTINAL CYST; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RHABDOMYOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 85047687688     PISSN: 00029173     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1309/QDJCA1HXQLHLCFTM     Document Type: Article

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