Clear cell meningioma, an uncommon variant of meningioma: A clinicopathologic study of nine cases

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 315-321

  Jain, D ^a   Sharma, Mehar C ^a   Sarkar, C ^a   Suri, V ^a   Garg, A ^a   Singh, M ^a   Sharma, B S ^a   Mahapatra, A K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Clear cell meningioma; Glycogen rich meningioma; Intracranial; Meningeal tumor

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CYTOKERATIN; EOSIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEMATOXYLIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL LABELING; CELL NUCLEUS; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; CYTOPLASM; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEADACHE; HISTOCHEMISTRY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDICAL DOCUMENTATION; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MENINGIOMA; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATIENT INFORMATION; PERIODIC ACID SCHIFF STAIN; POSTERIOR FOSSA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; RECURRENCE RISK; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 33846486906     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-006-9237-7     Document Type: Article

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