A rare case of extramedullary spinal cord germinoma

Pathology International

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 633-637

  Kiyuna, Masaya ^a   Toda, Takayoshi ^a   Sadi, Al Muktafi ^a   Toyoda, Zensei ^a   Nakashima, Yasuaki ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Germinoma; Immunohistochemistry; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE; ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE PLACENTA ISOENZYME; ANTIBODY; CD45 ANTIGEN; CHORIONIC GONADOTROPIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MYELOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

ADULT; CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES; FEMALE; GERMINOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; LAMINECTOMY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROVILLI; MYELOGRAPHY; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0032824936     PISSN: 13205463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1827.1999.00878.x     Document Type: Article

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