Pituicytoma: A distinctive low-grade glioma of the neurohypophysis

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 362-368

  Brat, Daniel J ^a,f   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^b   Staugaitis, Susan M ^g   Holtzman, Robert N N ^c   Morgello, Susan ^d   Burger, Peter C ^e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e DEPARTMENT OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

^f EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g NONE

Author keywords

Brain tumor; Glioma; Neurohypophysis; Pituitary

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY KI 67; MUCIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EXCISION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; HYPOPITUITARISM; MALE; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SELLA TURCICA TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY GLAND, POSTERIOR; PITUITARY NEOPLASMS; SELLA TURCICA;

EID: 0034006232     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200003000-00004     Document Type: Article

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