Granular cell meningioma. A case report

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 19-22

  Lach, Boleslaw ^a   Kanaan, Imaduddin ^b  

^a HAMILTON GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Brain tumours; Clear cell meningioma; Granular cell meningioma; Immunohistochemistry; Progesterone receptors

Indexed keywords

EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; PROGESTERONE RECEPTOR; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONFUSION; CRANIOTOMY; FOLLOW UP; GRAND MAL SEIZURE; GRANULAR CELL; GRANULAR CELL MENINGIOMA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; VOMITING; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METABOLISM; PATHOLOGY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

EID: 34447299979     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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