Retroperitoneal malignant meningioma: A light microscopic, immunohistochemical, and ultrastructural study

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 492-499

  Huszar, Monica ^a   Fanburg, Julie C ^b   Dickersin, G Richard ^c   Kirshner, Jeffrey J ^d   Rosenberg, Andrew E ^c  

^a SHEBA MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Hematology/Oncology Associates of Central New York   (United States)

Author keywords

Ectopic; Malignant meningioma; Retroperitoneum

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; KERATIN; VIMENTIN;

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOPSY; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALIGNANT MENINGIOMA; MEDICAL RECORD; RETROPERITONEAL CANCER;

ADRENAL GLANDS; ADULT; CHORISTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MENINGIOMA; RETROPERITONEAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0029883179     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199604000-00014     Document Type: Article

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