Embryonal tumors with abundant neuropil and true Rosettes: A distinctive CNS primitive neuroectodermal tumor

American Journal of Surgical Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 211-217

  Gessi, Marco ^a,b   Giangaspero, Felice ^c,d   Lauriola, Libero ^b   Gardiman, Marina ^e   Scheithauer, Bernd W ^f   Halliday, William ⁱ   Hawkins, Cynthia ⁱ   Rosenblum, Marc K ^g   Burger, Peter C ^h   Eberhart, Charles G ^h  

^a DEPARTMENT OF NEUROSURGERY   (Italy)

^b CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

^d IRCCS NEUROMED   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^f MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^g MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^h JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

ⁱ HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Divergent differentiation; Embryonal tumor; Ependymoblastic rosettes; Neuropil; Pediatric brain tumors

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN CORTEX; BRAIN STEM; CEREBELLUM; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 2; CHROMOSOME ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; NEUROIMAGING; NEUROPIL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; BRAIN TUMOR; GENETICS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; METABOLISM; NEOPLASM; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PATHOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS; NEUROPIL;

EID: 60249103002     PISSN: 01475185     EISSN: 15320979     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/PAS.0b013e318186235b     Document Type: Article

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