Choroid plexus carcinoma: Report of two cases

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 405-407

  Singh, Avninder ^a,b   Vermani, Sarvjot ^a   Shruti, Sharma ^a  

^a SAFDARJUNG HOSPITAL CAMPUS   (India)

^b NONE   (India)

Author keywords

Choroid plexus carcinoma; CNS; Intraventricular tumors

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CYTOKERATIN; PSORIASIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CHOROID PLEXUS; CHOROID PLEXUS PAPILLOMA; CHOROID PLEXUS TUMOR; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EXAMINATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EPENDYMOMA; HEADACHE; HISTOLOGY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; IMMUNOREACTIVITY; MALE; MITOSIS RATE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; VOMITING;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOROID PLEXUS; CHOROID PLEXUS NEOPLASMS; HISTOCYTOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; MALE;

EID: 70249151118     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.55009     Document Type: Article

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