Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 119-123 , April 2009

Clinical features and differential diagnoses of solitary extramedullary plasmacytoma of the thyroid: a case report

  • Alfredo Avila, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Hospital Angeles del Carmen, Guadalajara 44670, Jalisco, Mexico
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  • Alvaro Villalpando, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Hospital IMSS, Mazatlán, Sinaloa 82019, Mexico
    • ,
  • Guillermo Montoya, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Oncologic Surgery, Hospital Angeles del Carmen, Guadalajara 44670, Jalisco, Mexico
    • ,
  • Mario A. Luna, MD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +1 713 792 3138; fax: +1 713 745 4427.

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doi: 10.1016/j.anndiagpath.2007.07.003

Annals of Diagnostic Pathology
Volume 13, Issue 2 , Pages 119-123 , April 2009

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