Oligodendroglioma with neurocytic differentiation versus atypical extraventricular neurocytoma: A case report of unusual pathologic findings of a spinal cord tumor

Journal of Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 199-205

  Makuria, Addisalem T ^a   Henderson, Fraser C ^a   Rushing, Elisabeth J ^b   Hartmann, Dan Paul ^a   Azumi, Norio ^a   Ozdemirli, Metin ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Extraventricular neurocytoma; Oligodenroglioma; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CERVICAL SPINE; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HAND PARESTHESIA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MUSCLE WEAKNESS; NECK PAIN; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEUROFILAMENT; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PATIENT CARE; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; STEM CELL; THORACIC SPINE; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEUROCYTOMA; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33947241826     PISSN: 0167594X     EISSN: 15737373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11060-006-9268-0     Document Type: Article

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