Angiomatous variant of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma in a patient with a 20-year history of epilepsy

Neuropathology

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 190-195

  Sugita, Yasuo ^a   Hayashi, Itsurou ^a   Aoki, Takachika ^a   Shigemori, Minoru ^a   Morimatsu, Minoru ^a   Okamoto, Yuji ^b   Kajiwara, Kazunori ^b  

^a KURUME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Saiseikai Yahata General Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Epileptic seizure; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma; Prominent vascularity; Vascular degeneration

Indexed keywords

HYALIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BLOOD VESSEL WALL; CALCIFICATION; CASE REPORT; DISEASE COURSE; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; EPILEPSY; EPILEPTIC FOCUS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPORAL LOBE; THICKNESS; VASCULARIZATION;

EID: 0033010879     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1789.1999.00218.x     Document Type: Article

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