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Thymic Epithelial Tumor

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Thymic epithelial tumors are rare malignancies of thymic origin and include thymoma, thymic carcinoma, and thymic neuroendocrine tumors.

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  1. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Shandong University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Jinan, China

    Cheng-sen Cai

  2. Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong First Medical University, Shandong, China

    Song Zhang

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Cai, Cs., Zhang, S. (2021). Thymic Epithelial Tumor. In: Zhang, S. (eds) Diagnostic Imaging of Mediastinal Diseases. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-9930-9_3

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