Malignant transformation of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: Case report

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 104-106

  De Tella Jr , Oswaldo Ignácio ^a,d   Herculano, Marco Antonio ^a,b   Prandini, Mirto Nelso ^a   Stavale, João Norberto ^a   Aguiar, Paulo Henrique ^c  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b Jundiaí Medical School   (Brazil)

^c SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^d State University of São Paulo ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Histopathology; Tumor; Xanthoastrocytoma

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; CONTRAST MEDIUM; GADOLINIUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PATHOLOGICAL ANATOMY; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TEMPORAL LOBE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 0037353007     PISSN: 0004282X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0004-282x2003000100020     Document Type: Article

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