Malignant solitary fibrous tumour of the meninges with marked amianthoid fibre deposition

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 569-572

  Lawlor, M W ^a   Nielsen, G P ^a   Louis, D N ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN FIBER; PROTEIN BCL 2; VIMENTIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; METASTASIS; MITOSIS; NEUROIMAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HEMANGIOPERICYTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MENINGIOMA; SOLITARY FIBROUS TUMORS;

EID: 52949123647     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2008.00943.x     Document Type: Article

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