Subcutaneous myxopapillary ependymoma presenting as a childhood sacrococcygeal tumor: A case report

Diagnostic Cytopathology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 303-307

  Rao, I Satish ^a   Kapila, Kusum ^a   Aggarwal, Sandeep ^a   Ray, Ruma ^a   Gupta, Arun Kumar ^a   Verma, Kusum ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Myxopapillary ependymoma; Sacrococcygeal; Subcutaneous

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASPIRATION BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTODIAGNOSIS; CYTOPATHOLOGY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACROCOCCYX TERATOMA; SACROCOCCYX TUMOR;

BIOPSY, NEEDLE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MENINGOMYELOCELE; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; SACROCOCCYGEAL REGION; SOFT TISSUE NEOPLASMS; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; TERATOMA; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 0036843518     PISSN: 87551039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dc.10183     Document Type: Article

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