Chordoid glioma of the third ventricle: A report of two new cases, with further evidence supporting an ependymal differentiation, and review of the literature

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1330-1342

  Pasquier, Basile ^a,d   Péoc'h, Michel ^a   Morrison, Alan L ^a   Gay, Emmanuel ^a   Pasquier, Dominique ^a   Grand, Sylvie ^b   Sindou, Marc ^c   Kopp, Nicolas ^c  

^a Centre Hospitalier Universitaire   (France)

^b GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^c HÔPITAL NEUROLOGIQUE   (France)

^d HÔPITAL MICHALLON   (France)

Author keywords

Chordoid ependymoma; Chordoid glioma; Lamina terminalis; Third ventricle

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOROID TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; EPENDYMA; EPITHELIOID CELL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; MITOSIS; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEURORADIOLOGY; PLASMA CELL; SEX RATIO;

ADULT; CHOROID PLEXUS NEOPLASMS; EPENDYMA; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; THIRD VENTRICLE;

EID: 0036787466     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200210000-00010     Document Type: Article

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