Primary Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Thymus: A Case Report and Literature Review

Yin Yin-gai; Lu Hai-zhen

doi:10.24920/J1001-9294.2017.027

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Primary Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Thymus: A Case Report and Literature Review

Chinese Medical Sciences Journal Vol. 32, Issue 3, Pages: 201-203(2017)

Case Report | Updated：2024-04-10

- Primary Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Thymus: A Case Report and Literature Review
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  1. 1Department of Pathology and Resident Training Base, National Cancer Center/Cancer Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing 100021, China
  2. 2Department of Pathology, LiangxiangTeaching Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing 102401, China
- Author bio：
  
  *Corresponding author E-mail: luhz@cicams.ac.cn
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- DOI：10.24920/J1001-9294.2017.027
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- Received：24 August 2016，
  
  Published Online：26 September 2017，
  
  Published：2017-09
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Yin Yin-gai, Lu Hai-zhen. Primary Mucinous Adenocarcinoma of the Thymus: A Case Report and Literature Review[J]. Chinese medical sciences journal, 2017, 32(3): 201-203. DOI： 10.24920/J1001-9294.2017.027.

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