Primary intracranial myopericytoma: Report of three cases and review of the literature

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 641-648

  Rousseau, Audrey ^a,c   Kujas, M ^a   Van Effenterre, R ^a   Bocht, A L ^a   Carpentier, A ^a   Leroy, J P ^b   Poirier, J ^a  

^a PITIÉ SALPÊTRIÈRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^b CHU MORVAN   (France)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Haemangiopericytoma; Intracranial; Myofibroma myofibromatosis; Myoid myopericytic differentiation; Myopericytoma; Perivascular myoma

Indexed keywords

ACTIN;

ADULT; ANTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CASE REPORT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SHAPE; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRACRANIAL MYOPERICYTOMA; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NEUROSURGERY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SMOOTH MUSCLE; SPINDLE CELL; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR GROWTH; VISUAL ACUITY;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MIDDLE AGED; MYOFIBROMATOSIS;

EID: 27944464954     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2005.00681.x     Document Type: Review

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