Giant cell ependymoma of the filum terminale: A report of two cases

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1091-1101

  Zec, Nataša ^a   De Girolami, Umberto ^a   Schofield, Deborah E ^a   Scott, R Michael ^a   Anthony, Douglas C ^a  

^a BOSTON CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Ependymoma; Giant cell tumors; Myxopapillary; Pathology; Spinal cord neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CYTOGENETICS; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EPENDYMOMA; GIANT CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MITOSIS; MONOSOMY; RADIODIAGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

ADOLESCENT; CAUDA EQUINA; EPENDYMOMA; GIANT CELLS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; MALE; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029839953     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199609000-00007     Document Type: Article

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