So-called malignant and extra-ventricular neurocytomas: Reality or wrong diagnosis? A critical review about two overdiagnosed cases

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 161-172

  Vallat Decouvelaere, A V ^a   Gauchez, P ^b   Varlet, P ^c   Delisle, M B ^a   Popovic, M ^d   Boissonnet, H ^a   Gigaud, M ^b   Mikol, J ^a   Hassoun, J ^e  

^a HÔPITAL LARIBOISIÈRE   (France)

^b TOULOUSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c CENTRE HOSPITALIER SAINTE ANNE   (France)

^d INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^e INSTITUT PAOLI CALMETTES   (France)

Author keywords

Central neurocytoma; Extra ventricular neurocytoma; Histology; Malignant neurocytoma; Synaptophysin

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROMA; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; DISEASE PROGRESSION; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GANGLIONEUROBLASTOMA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NEUROCYTOMA; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PROGNOSIS; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0033771964     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1006494308864     Document Type: Article

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