Primary intradural chordoma: Report on three cases and review of the literature

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 169-176

  Bergmann, M ^a   Abdalla, Y ^b   Neubauer, U ^a   Schildhaus, H U ^c   Probst Cousin, S ^d  

^a KLINIKUM BREMEN MITTE   (Germany)

^b Nordwest Krankenhaus Sanderbusch   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^d KLINIKUM BREMEN OST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chondrosarcoma; Chordoid; Chordoma; Intradural; Meningioma

Indexed keywords

ACTIN; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; COLLAGEN TYPE 4; CYTOKERATIN 18; CYTOKERATIN 19; CYTOKERATIN 7; CYTOKERATIN 8; DESMIN; EPITHELIAL MEMBRANE ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR ALPHA RECEPTOR; PLATELET DERIVED GROWTH FACTOR BETA RECEPTOR; PROTEIN P63; PROTEIN S 100; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHORDOMA; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIPLOPIA; DISEASE FREE SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GAIT DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; NECK PAIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRIMARY INTRADURAL CHORDOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 77953300901     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/npp29169     Document Type: Article

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