Atypical granular cell tumour of the sural nerve mimicking a Schwannoma

Acta Neurochirurgica

Volumn 145, Issue 11, 2003, Pages 1019-1020

  Daentzer, D ^a   Schmidinger, A ^a   Boker D K ^a   Carlstedt, Thomas ^b   Weller, R O ^b  

^a JUSTUS LIEBIG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b Justus Liebig University ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL MARKER; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; DISEASE COURSE; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PERIPHERAL NERVE TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINDLE CELL; SURAL NERVE; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; MALE; NEURILEMMOMA; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; SURAL NERVE;

EID: 0344010579     PISSN: 00016268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00701-003-0120-4     Document Type: Article

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