Astroblastoma with rhabdoid features and favorable long-term outcome: Report of a case with a 12-year follow-up

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 204, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 345-351

  Fathi, Ali Reza ^a   Novoa, Eva ^a   El Koussy, Marwan ^b   Kappeler, Andreas ^b   Mariani, Luigi ^a   Vajtai, Istvan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Adult; Astroblastoma; Composite rhabdoid tumor; Immunohistochemistry; Prognosis

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTERIOVENOUS SHUNT; ARTICLE; ASTROBLASTOMA; BRAIN ANGIOGRAPHY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MINIMAL RESIDUAL DISEASE; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHENOTYPE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROGNOSIS; RECURRENT CANCER; REOPERATION; RHABDOID TUMOR; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VASCULARIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANTIBODIES, ANTINUCLEAR; ANTIBODIES, MONOCLONAL; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBRAL ANGIOGRAPHY; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; CRANIOTOMY; DACARBAZINE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HUMANS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; PARIETAL LOBE; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REOPERATION; RHABDOID TUMOR; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VIMENTIN;

EID: 41449104294     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2007.12.003     Document Type: Article

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