Hypothalamic hamartoma: Report of a case with unusual histologic features

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 1998, Pages 1538-1541

  Sharma, Mehar C ^a   Gaikwad, Shailesh ^a   Mahapatra, Ashok K ^a   Menon, Puthezhath S N ^a   Sarkar, Chitra ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Hamartoma; Hypothalamus; Neuronal and lipomatous hamartoma; Precocious puberty

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HAMARTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHALAMUS TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESENCHYME; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRECOCIOUS PUBERTY;

BRAIN DISEASES; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HAMARTOMA; HUMANS; HYPOTHALAMUS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHOSPHOPYRUVATE HYDRATASE; PUBERTY, PRECOCIOUS; S100 PROTEINS; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

EID: 0031772228     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-199812000-00011     Document Type: Article

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