Primary glial tumor of the retina with features of myxopapillary ependymoma

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 10, 2005, Pages 1404-1409

  Hegyi, Laszlo ^a   Peston, David ^a   Theodorou, Maria ^a   Moss, Jill ^a   Olver, Jane ^a   Roncaroli, Federico ^a,b  

^a CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ectopic ependymoma; Muller cells; Myxopapillary ependymoma; Retina

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE DEHYDRATASE II; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; MUCIN; PROTEIN S 100;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CAPILLARY; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CILIARY BODY; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; ENUCLEATION; EPENDYMOMA; EYE PAIN; GLIOSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; INFLAMMATORY INFILTRATE; LYMPHOCYTIC INFILTRATION; MALE; METAPLASIA; MICROVILLUS; MUELLER CELL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RETINA TUMOR; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR CALCINOSIS; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; CA-15-3 ANTIGEN; CARBONIC ANHYDRASE II; EPENDYMOMA; GLIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION; RETINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 25444501799     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.pas.0000172188.02424.d8     Document Type: Article

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