Rosette-forming glioneuronal tumor of the fourth ventricle: Report of two cases with a differential diagnostic overview

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 203, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 613-619

  Vajtai, Istvan ^a   Arnold, Marlène ^a   Kappeler, Andreas ^a   Jeless, Olivia ^b   Lukes, Anton ^b   Mariani, Luigi ^b   Paulus, Werner ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cerebellum; Dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor; Oligodendrocyte like cells; Rosette forming glioneuronal tumor; Synaptophysin

Indexed keywords

KI 67 ANTIGEN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN FOURTH VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; CRANIOTOMY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; NERVE CELL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; ROSETTE FORMATION; TERATOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 34547450203     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2007.04.009     Document Type: Article

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