Pathology of choroid plexus papillomas: A review

Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 165-186

  Gaudio, R M ^a   Tacconi, L ^a   Rossi, M L M ^a  

^a WALTON CENTRE FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Choroid plexus carcinoma; Choroid plexus papilloma; Electron microscopy; Ependymoma; Immunocytochemistry; Metastatic adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

CARCINOMA; CHOROID PLEXUS PAPILLOMA; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSCOPY; REVIEW;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOROID PLEXUS NEOPLASMS; CYTOPLASM; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROTEINS; REFERENCE VALUES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0031727256     PISSN: 03038467     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0303-8467(98)00033-X     Document Type: Review

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