Signet-ring cell ependymoma: Case report with implications for pathogenesis and differential diagnosis

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 195, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 853-858

  Vajtai, István ^a   Mucsi, Zoltán ^a   Varga, Zsuzsanna ^b   Bódi, István ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED   (Hungary)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clear cell change; Ependymoma; Signet cell tumor; Subcellular compartments

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPENDYMOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0032761167     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0344-0338(99)80109-5     Document Type: Article

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