Cytology of chordoid meningioma: A series of five cases with emphasis on differential diagnoses

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1024-1028

  Lui, Philip C W ^a   Chau, Tony K F ^b   Wong, Steve S ^c   Lau, Patrick P L ^d   Tse, Gary M K ^a   Thomas, Teresa M M ^d   Ng, H Keung ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b TSEUNG KWAN O HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d KWONG WAH HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CELL ADHESION; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL NUCLEUS INCLUSION BODY; CELL VACUOLE; CHORDOID MENINGIOMA; CHROMATIN; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOLOGY; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INFLAMMATORY CELL; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; LYMPHOCYTE; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MITOSIS; NUCLEOLUS; PLASMA CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSAMMOMA BODY; SMEAR; TUMOR CELL;

ADULT; AGED; CELL NUCLEUS; CHOROID PLEXUS NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTRANUCLEAR INCLUSION BODIES; INTRAOPERATIVE CARE; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; VACUOLES;

EID: 34548843625     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2006.040204     Document Type: Article

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