Usefulness of smears in intra-operative diagnosis of newly described entities of CNS: Review Article

Neuropathology

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 641-648

  Varikatt, Winny ^a,c   Dexter, Mark ^b   Mahajan, Hema ^a   Murali, Rajmohan ^b   Ng, Thomas ^a,c  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brain smears; Cytological features; Frozen sections; Intra operative diagnosis; Newly described CNS tumours

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ATAXIA; BRAIN VENTRICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE DILATATION; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL POPULATION; CELL STRUCTURE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CINGULATE GYRUS; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; CYTOLOGY; EPENDYMOMA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEUROPATHOLOGY; NEUROPIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SMEAR; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR VOLUME;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FROZEN SECTIONS; GLIOMA; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; PINEAL GLAND; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449674500     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2009.01038.x     Document Type: Review

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