Third ventricular chordoid glioma: Clinicopathological study of two cases with evidence for a poor clinical outcome despite low grade histological features

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 354-361

  Kurian, Kathreena M ^a   Summers, D M ^a   Statham, P F X ^a   Smith, C ^a   Bell, J E ^a   Ironside, J W ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

CD34; Chordoid glioma; Histology; Prognosis; Radiotherapy; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; IRIDIUM 192; PROTEIN ANTIBODY; PROTEIN S 100; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; CHOROID PLEXUS NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; THIRD VENTRICLE;

EID: 23044509043     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2005.00551.x     Document Type: Review

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