Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 32-35 , February 2006

True thymic hyperplasia associated with a unilocular thymic cyst: an unusual combination not previously reported

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doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2005.04.005

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 10, Issue 1 , Pages 32-35 , February 2006

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