Intracranial medulloepithelioma. A case report and review of the literature

Pathologica

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 11-14

  Mekni, Amina ^a,c   Ferchichi, L ^a   Kallel, J ^b   Braham, E ^a   Bellil, K ^a   Bellil, S ^a   Haouet, S ^a   Zitouna, M ^a   Khaldi, M ^b   Nidhameddine, K ^a  

^a LA RABTA HOSPITAL   (Tunisia)

^b Institut National de Neurologie Tunisia   (Tunisia)

^c NONE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Intracranial medulloepithelioma; Primitive neuroectodermal tumor

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM; CYTOKERATIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VIMENTIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; TREATMENT RESPONSE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; PARIETAL LOBE; TEMPORAL LOBE;

EID: 34547523334     PISSN: 00312983     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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