Gamna-Gandy Bodies in Surgical Neuropathology Specimens: Observations and a Historical Note

Journal of Neuropathology and Experimental Neurology

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 106-112

  Kleinschmidt Demasters, B K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cavernous angioma; Cholesterol granuloma of bone; Hemosiderin; Pituitary adenoma; Sacral cyst; Schwannoma

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM SALT; COLLAGEN FIBER; HEMOSIDERIN; IRON; MINERAL; PIGMENT;

BLEEDING; BONE CYST; CAVERNOUS HEMANGIOMA; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; GAMNA GANDY BODY; GRANULOMA; HEART ATRIUM MYXOMA; HISTORY; HUMAN; HYPOPHYSIS ADENOMA; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LYMPH NODE; MYCELIUM; MYCOSIS; NEURILEMOMA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIDEROSIS; SPLEEN; SPLENOMEGALY; THYMOMA; THYROID ADENOMA;

EID: 0842309762     PISSN: 00223069     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnen/63.2.106     Document Type: Review

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