Article
[Prevalence of the neuroendocrine phenotype in thymus neoplasms].
Chirurgia italiana - 1 Jan 2000
Ferolla Piero, Urbani Moira, Ascani Stefano, Puma Francesco, Ribacchi Rodolfo, Battista Bolis Giovan, Santeusanio Fausto, Daddi Giuliano, Angeletti Gabriella, Avenia Nicola
Abstract excerpt
To determine the prevalence of neuroendocrine differentiation in human thymic neoplasms, which are unusual tumours that may range from well-differentiated to overtly malignant, poorly differentiated lesions, an immunohistochemical study was conducted in 23 thymic neoplasms re-classified on the basis of the new 1999 WHO classification. Immunohistochemical evidence of neuroendocrine differentiation in the form of...
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