Melanotic schwannoma with drop metastases to the caudal spine and high expression of CD117 (c-kit)

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 151-156

  Tawk, Rabih G ^a   Tan, Dongfeng ^b   Mechtler, Laszlo ^b   Fenstermaker, Robert A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^b ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

c kit; CD117; Imatinib; Melanoma; Melanotic schwannoma; Schwannoma; Spine

Indexed keywords

IMATINIB; METHOTREXATE; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; TEMOZOLOMIDE; TRACER;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; FATALITY; FOLLOW UP; GENERAL CONDITION DETERIORATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEURILEMOMA; MENINGOCELE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAPLEGIA; PARESIS; PARESTHESIA; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENT DISEASE; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD COMPRESSION; SPINE METASTASIS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; THORACIC SPINE; LUMBAR VERTEBRA; MELANOCYTE; METABOLISM; METASTASIS; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMOMA; PATHOLOGY; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; VERTEBRA;

HUMANS; LUMBAR VERTEBRAE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MELANOCYTES; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS C-KIT; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS; SPINAL NEOPLASMS; THORACIC VERTEBRAE;

EID: 20144375708     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-004-9301-0     Document Type: Review

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