Myxopapillary ependymoma of the lateral ventricle with local recurrences: Histopathological and ultrastructural analysis of a case

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 51-57

  Matyja, Ewa ^a   Nagańska, Ewa ^a   Zabek, Mirosław ^b   Koziara, Henryk ^b  

^a MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

^b Brodnowski Hospital Warsaw   (Poland)

Author keywords

Lateral ventricle; Local recurrences; Myxopaillary ependymoma

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PHENYTOIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BALANCE DISORDER; BENIGN TUMOR; BRAIN LATERAL VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPENDYMOMA; FOLLOW UP; HEMIPARESIS; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; INTRACRANIAL TUMOR; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

EID: 0037687589     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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