Intraoperative diagnosis of tanycytic ependymoma: Pitfalls and differential diagnosis

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 289-292

  Dvoracek, Marc A ^a   Kirby, Patricia A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Central nervous system neoplasms; Cytology; Ependymoma; Smear preparations; Tanycytic ependymoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTION; GLIA CELL; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NEURILEMOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMEAR; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; TANYCYTE; TANYCYTIC EPENDYMOMA;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LAMINECTOMY; NEURILEMMOMA; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0035088790     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.1061     Document Type: Article

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