Infratentorial giant cell ependymoma: A rare variant of ependymoma

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 200, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 717-725

  Jeon, Yoon Kyung ^a   Jung, Hee Won ^a   Park, Sung Hye ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Ependymoma; Giant cell tumor; Immunohistochemistry; Variant

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CD99 ANTIGEN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EOSINOPHIL; EPENDYMOMA; FORAMEN MAGNUM; GIANT CELL; GIANT CELL TUMOR; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MITOSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RECURRENT CANCER; STROMA; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR NECROSIS;

EID: 10244240647     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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