Gliosarcoma arising from an anaplastic ependymoma: A case report of a rare entity

Human Pathology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 512-516

  Behling, Eric ^b   Birbe, Ruth ^b   Veznadaroglu, Erol ^b   Andrews, David W ^b   Flanders, Adam ^b   Kenyon, Lawrence C ^a  

^a THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Anaplastic ependymoma; Brain tumor; Ependymoma; Glioma; Gliosarcoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; ENDOTHELIUM CELL; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOSARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MALIGNANT FIBROUS HISTIOCYTOMA; OLIGODENDROGLIA; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 1942485809     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2003.10.018     Document Type: Article

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