Giant cell ependymoma of the spinal cord: Case report and review of the literature

Journal of Neurosurgery

Volumn 100, Issue 1 SUPPL., 2004, Pages 75-79

  Fourney, Daryl R ^b   Siadati, Abdolreza ^b   Bruner, Janet M ^b   Gokaslan, Ziya L ^b   Rhines, Laurence D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Giant cell ependymoma; Intramedullary tumor; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPENDYMOMA; GIANT CELL EPENDYMOMA; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR;

ADULT; BIOPSY; DECOMPRESSION, SURGICAL; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPENDYMOMA; GIANT CELLS; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; IMMUNOENZYME TECHNIQUES; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; NEOPLASM, RESIDUAL; REOPERATION; SPINAL CORD; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0345732641     PISSN: 00223085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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