Two cases of spinal meningeal melanocytoma

Brain Tumor Pathology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 41-45

  Iida, Maki ^a   Llena, Josefina F ^a   Suarez, Miguel A ^a   Malik, Shahid ^a   Weidenheim, Karen M ^a   LaSala, Patrick ^a   Hirano, Asao ^a  

^a MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Melanosome; Meningeal melanocytoma; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MELANOCYTOSIS; MENINX; MYELOGRAPHY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0036388068     PISSN: 14337398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02482455     Document Type: Article

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