Signet-ring cell oligodendroglioma - Report of two cases and discussion of the differential diagnosis

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 93, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 638-643

  Kros, Johan M ^a   Van Den Brink, Willem A ^a   Van Loon Van Luyt, Josine J M ^a   Stefanko, Stanislav Z ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Degeneration; Oligodendroglioma; Pathology; Signet ring cell

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EOSINOPHIL; GRANULAR CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYSOSOME; MALE; MITOCHONDRION; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOCHONDRIA; NERVE DEGENERATION; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; VACUOLES;

EID: 0030983395     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004010050663     Document Type: Article

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