Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor/Ewing's sarcoma of the craniospinal vault: case reports and review

Human Pathology

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 845-853

  Mobley, Bret C ^a   Roulston, Diane ^b   Shah, Gaurang V ^b   Bijwaard, Karen E ^c   McKeever, Paul E ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Ewing's sarcoma; EWS FLI1 gene; MIC2 gene; Peripheral primitive neuroectodermal tumor; t(11; 22)

Indexed keywords

CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; GENE PRODUCT; IFOSFAMIDE; MIC2 PROTEIN; TOPOTECAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VINCRISTINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BACKACHE; CAUDA EQUINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HEADACHE; HUMAN; MALE; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NERVE ROOT; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; RADICULOPATHY; SCHOOL CHILD; SKULL; TUMOR GROWTH; VISUAL DISORDER;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD; BACK PAIN; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CAUDA EQUINA; CELL ADHESION MOLECULES; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 22; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEADACHE; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE, PERIPHERAL; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEIN C-FLI-1; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, EWING'S;

EID: 33745121486     PISSN: 00468177     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.humpath.2006.02.011     Document Type: Article

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