Primitive neuroectodermal tumor in the cerebellopontine angle with isochromosome 17q presenting as meningioma in a woman 26 years of age

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 66-70

  Izycka Swieszewska, E ^a   Debiec Rychter, M ^b   Kloc, W ^c  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^c St Wojciech Adalbertus Hospital   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cerebellopontine angle; FISH; Isochromosome 17q; Medulloblastoma; PNET

Indexed keywords

DNA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; NERVE CELL ADHESION MOLECULE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL TYPE; CEREBELLUM; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA PROBE; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISOCHROMOSOME; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENINGIOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PONS ANGLE; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; CEREBELLAR NEOPLASMS; CEREBELLOPONTINE ANGLE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 17; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; ISOCHROMOSOMES; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA;

EID: 0037340825     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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