Intracranial desmoplastic small-cell tumor: Report of a case

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 112-117

  Tison, V ^a   Cerasoli, S ^a   Morigi, F ^a   Ladanyi, M ^b   Gerald, W L ^b   Rosai, J ^b  

^a BUFALINI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS; Desmoplastic small cell tumor; Tentorium

Indexed keywords

1 (2 CHLOROETHYL) 3 (2,6 DIOXO 3 PIPERIDYL) 1 NITROSOUREA; CISPLATIN; DESMIN; ETOPOSIDE; GENE PRODUCT; KERATIN; METHOTREXATE; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CHROMOSOME 11; CHROMOSOME 22; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRATHECAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MALE; PROGNOSIS; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CLONING, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; SARCOMA, EWING'S; WILMS TUMOR;

EID: 0030047178     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199601000-00013     Document Type: Article

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