Pineal cystic germinoma with syncytiotrophoblastic giant cells mimicking MR imaging findings of a pineal cyst

American Journal of Neuroradiology

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 1538-1540

  Hayashida, Yoshiko ^a   Hirai, Toshinori ^a   Korogi, Yukunori ^b   Kochi, Masato ^a   Maruyama, Noriko ^a   Yamura, Masayuki ^a   Yamashita, Yasuyuki ^a  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OCCUPATIONAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAIN BIOPSY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; GERM CELL TUMOR; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY; PINEAL CYSTIC GERMINOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SYNCYTIOTROPHOBLAST; BIOPSY; CYST; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; PATHOLOGY; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; TROPHOBLAST;

BIOPSY; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CYSTS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GIANT CELLS; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; PINEAL GLAND; PINEALOMA; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED; TROPHOBLASTS;

EID: 16644386718     PISSN: 01956108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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