Angiomyxofibromatous tumor of the falx cerebri

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 545-547

  Medeiros, Fabiola ^a   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^a   Oliveira, Andre M ^a   Gregory, Richard S ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b REGIONS HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Angiomyxofibromatous tumor; Dura; Falx cerebri; Soft tissue

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; CYTOKERATIN CAM 5.2; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN MIC2; PROTEIN S 100; SMOOTH MUSCLE ACTIN; TUMOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ANGIOGENESIS; ANGIOMYXOFIBROMATOUS TUMOR; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; SPINDLE CELL; STELLATE CELL; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; HEMANGIOFIBROMA; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; PATHOLOGY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANGIOFIBROMA; DISEASE-FREE SURVIVAL; DURA MATER; FEMALE; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MYXOMA; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33646715342     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00000478-200604000-00018     Document Type: Article

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