Gliosarcoma with chondroid and osseous differentiation

Neuropathology

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 90-94

  Schittenhelm, Jens ^a   Erdmann, Torsten ^b   Maennlin, Stefan ^c   Will, Bernd E ^a   Beschorner, Rudi ^a   Bornemann, Antje ^a   Meyermann, Richard ^a   Mittelbronn, Michel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b Department of Neurology   (Germany)

^c Department of Radiology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chondroid osseous; Gliosarcoma; Metaplasia

Indexed keywords

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BONE TISSUE; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; CARTILAGE CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; CLINICAL FEATURE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; FEMALE; GLIOSARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PHASE TRANSITION; PLEOMORPHIC ADENOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SECTION; TUMOR VOLUME;

AGED; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CALCINOSIS; CARTILAGE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOSARCOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING;

EID: 33846443987     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2006.00747.x     Document Type: Article

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