Cerebral malignant nerve sheath tumor, triton tumor variant: Case report

Pediatric and Developmental Pathology

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 168-172

  Bornstein Quevedo, Leticia ^a   Peralta Olvera, Fabiola ^a   Marhx Bracho, Alfonso ^a   Rodríguez Jurado, Rodolfo ^a   De Leon bojorge, Beatriz ^a  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE PEDIATRÍA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Cerebral; Nerve sheath tumor; Triton tumor

Indexed keywords

CD57 ANTIGEN; DESMIN; MYOD1 PROTEIN; MYOGLOBIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DISEASE COURSE; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; OCCIPITAL LOBE; PARIETAL LOBE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; TRITON TUMOR; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NERVE SHEATH NEOPLASMS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 0037358368     PISSN: 10935266     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10024-001-0125-z     Document Type: Article

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