Embryonal tumor with abundant neuropil and true rosettes: Morphological, immunohistochemical, ultrastructural and molecular study of a case showing features of medulloepithelioma and areas of mesenchymal and epithelial differentiation

Neuropathology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 84-91

  Buccoliero, Anna Maria ^a   Castiglione, Francesca ^b   Degl'Innocenti, Duccio Rossi ^b   Franchi, Alessandro ^b   Paglierani, Milena ^b   Sanzo, Massimiliano ^c   Cetica, Valentina ^c   Giunti, Laura ^c   Sardi, Iacopo ^c   Genitori, Lorenzo ^c   Taddei, Gian Luigi ^b  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brain; Central nervous system; Embryonal tumor; P53; Pnet

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; GADOLINIUM; PROTEIN P53;

ARTICLE; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN TISSUE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD; CHROMOSOME 2; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMBRYONAL TUMOR; EPITHELIUM CELL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HEADACHE; HEMISPHERE; HISTORY; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INI 1 GENE; KARNOFSKY PERFORMANCE STATUS; MESENCHYME; MICROSCOPY; MORPHOLOGY; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEUROPIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; ONCOGENE C MYB; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PTEN GENE; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; ROSETTE FORMATION; TUMOR CELL; ULTRASTRUCTURE; VOMITING;

ANEUPLOIDY; BRAIN; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHROMOSOMAL PROTEINS, NON-HISTONE; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 2; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPITHELIUM; FEMALE; GENES, MYC; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MESODERM; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; NEUROPIL; PTEN PHOSPHOHYDROLASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN P53;

EID: 74949144134     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2009.01040.x     Document Type: Article

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