Pituicytomas, a mis-diagnosed benign tumor of the neurohypophysis: Report of three cases

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 104, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 313-319

  Figarella Branger, D ^a   Dufour, H ^a   Fernandez, C ^a   Bouvier Labit, C ^a   Grisoli, G ^a   Pellissier, J F ^a  

^a TIMONE HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

Cell adhesion molecules; Glial fibrillary acidic protein; Neurohypophysis; Pituicytoma

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HYPOPHYSIS HORMONE; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; UVOMORULIN; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 2; VERY LATE ACTIVATION ANTIGEN 5; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ANTIGEN EXPRESSION; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL ELONGATION; CELL SUBPOPULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOSOME; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FIBROMA; GLIA CELL; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYPOPHYSIS CELL; HYPOPHYSIS TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMOMA; PITUICYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SECRETORY GRANULE; SPINDLE CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE ANALYSIS AND ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

EID: 0036938753     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-002-0557-1     Document Type: Article

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