Spinal glioneuronal tumor with neuropil-like islands and meningeal dissemination: Histopathological and radiological study of a pediatric case: Case Report

Neuropathology

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 574-578

  Poliani, Pietro Luigi ^a   Sperli, Domenico ^b   Valentini, Sergio ^b   Armentano, Antonio ^b   Bercich, Luisa ^a   Bonetti, Maria Fausta ^a   Corriero, Giuseppe ^c   Brisigotti, Massimo ^d   Quattrone, Aldo ^e   Lanza, Pier Luigi ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b Department of Pediatrics ^*

^c Azienda Ospedaliera di Cosenza   (Italy)

^d Ospedale Infermi   (Italy)

^e INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGICAL SCIENCES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Glioneuronal tumor; Neuronal rosettes; Neuropil islands; Pediatric; Spinal cord

Indexed keywords

CONTRAST MEDIUM;

ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CASE REPORT; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LAMINECTOMY; MALE; NEUROPIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; SPINAL GLIONEURONAL TUMOR; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CERVICAL VERTEBRAE; FATAL OUTCOME; HUMANS; INFANT; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASMS, NERVE TISSUE; SPINAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 70349332827     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2008.00988.x     Document Type: Article

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