Lipomatous glioneurocytoma of the posterior fossa with divergent differentiation: Case report

Neurosurgery

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 639-643

  Alleyne Jr , Cargill H ^a,c   Hunter, Steve ^b   Oison, Jeffrey J ^a   Barrow, Daniel L ^b  

^a Departments of Neurological Surgery   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c EMORY CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Ectomesoderm; Lipomatous differentiation; Neurocytoma; Posterior fossa tumors; Synaptophysin

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ATAXIA; CASE REPORT; HUMAN; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; POSTERIOR FOSSA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; VERTIGO;

AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CRANIAL FOSSA, POSTERIOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LIPOMA; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEUROCYTOMA; NEUROGLIA; NEURONS;

EID: 0345627983     PISSN: 0148396X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006123-199803000-00035     Document Type: Article

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