Synovial sarcoma of the sellar region

Neuro-Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 454-459

  Scheithauer, Bernd W ^a   Silva, Ana Isabel ^a,b   Kattner, Keith ^c   Seibly, Jason ^c   Oliveira, Andre M ^a   Kovacs, Kalman ^d  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b HOSPITAL DE BRAGA   (Portugal)

^c OSF St Joseph's Medical Center   (United States)

^d ST MICHAEL'S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Immunohistochemistry; Sarcoma; Sella; Synovial sarcoma; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CASE REPORT; CAVERNOUS SINUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABORATORY TEST; MAGNETIC RESONANCE ANGIOGRAPHY; MALE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; RADIATION DOSE; RADIOSURGERY; SELLA TURCICA; SYNOVIAL SARCOMA; VISUAL FIELD; CONNECTIVE TISSUE TUMOR; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGERY; PATHOLOGY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SKULL BASE TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ONCOPROTEIN; SYT SSX FUSION PROTEIN; SYT-SSX FUSION PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CAVERNOUS SINUS; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; ONCOGENE PROTEINS, FUSION; RADIOSURGERY; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SARCOMA, SYNOVIAL; SELLA TURCICA; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 38449111922     PISSN: 15228517     EISSN: 15235866     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1215/15228517-2007-029     Document Type: Article

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