Astroblastoma with unusual signet-ring-like cell components: A case report and literature review

Neuropathology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 200-205

  Sugita, Yasuo ^a   Terasaki, Mizuhiko ^b   Shigemori, Minoru ^b   Morimatsu, Minoru ^b   Honda, Eiichiro ^b   Oshima, Yuki ^b  

^a SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Astroblastoma; Intracytoplasmic vacuole; Lipomatous differentiation; Signet ring like cell

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROBLASTOMA; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; CELL VACUOLE; FEMALE; FOCAL EPILEPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNET RING LIKE CELL;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD57; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; KERATINS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; S100 PROTEINS; VIMENTIN;

EID: 0036711005     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1440-1789.2002.00435.x     Document Type: Article

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