Pigmented astrocytoma with suprasellar location: Case report and literature review

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 461-466

  Krossnes, Bård Kronen ^a   Mella, Olav ^b   Wester, Knut ^b   Mørk, Sverre Jarl ^a  

^a HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Astrocytoma; Melanin; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma; Suprasellar tumor

Indexed keywords

NEUROMELANIN; RETICULIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; CASE REPORT; CELL DEATH; CELL NUCLEUS; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL ULTRASTRUCTURE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MELANOSIS; MICROVASCULARIZATION; MITOSIS; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATHOGENESIS; PIGMENTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELLA TURCICA; SPINDLE CELL; SUBARACHNOID SPACE; TUMOR CELL; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR REGRESSION; VISUAL ACUITY; VISUAL FIELD DEFECT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHILD; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MELANOCYTES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, TRANSMISSION;

EID: 7744245551     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-004-0903-6     Document Type: Article

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