Composite pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma and ganglioglioma: Report of four cases and review of the literature

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 21, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 763-771

  Perry, Arie ^a   Giannini, Caterina ^a   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^a   Rojiani, Amyn M ^b   Yachnis, Anthony T ^b   Seo, In S ^c   Johnson, Peter C ^d   Kho, Jennie ^c   Shapiro, Scot ^c  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c WISHARD MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d BARROW NEUROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasia Immunohistochemistry; Collision tumor; Ganglioglioma; Glioneuronal neoplasm; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TUMOR; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; EXCISION; FEMALE; GLIOBLASTOMA; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MITOSIS RATE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SEIZURE; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUMOR NECROSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ASTROCYTES; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL NUCLEUS; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CYTOPLASM; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; GANGLIOGLIOMA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; S100 PROTEINS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0030964605     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199707000-00004     Document Type: Article

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