Chordoid glioma of the third ventricle: A report of two cases, one with ultrastructural findings

Neuropathology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 85-90

  Kawasaki, Koichi ^a,c,d   Kohno, Mitsuo ^a,d   Inenaga, Chikanori ^b   Sato, Akihiko ^b   Hondo, Hiroaki ^a   Miwa, Atsuo ^a   Fujii, Yukihiko ^c   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^c  

^a TOYAMA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Fujinomiya City General Hospital   (Japan)

^c NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Niigata Prefectural Toukamachi Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Department of Chordoid glioma; Ependymoma; Fenestrated blood vessel; Glial fibrillary acidc protein (GFAP); Tanycyte

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN THIRD VENTRICLE; CASE REPORT; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NEUROPATHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; BLOOD VESSELS; CEREBRAL VENTRICLE NEOPLASMS; CILIA; ENDOTHELIAL CELLS; EPENDYMOMA; EPITHELIOID CELLS; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOMA; HEMIDESMOSOMES; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MICROVILLI; MIDDLE AGED; THIRD VENTRICLE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 58449083628     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2008.00925.x     Document Type: Article

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