Intraventricular pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma with anaplastic features

Neuropathology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 443-448

  Fu, Yong Juan ^a   Miyahara, Hiroaki ^a   Uzuka, Takeo ^a   Natsumeda, Manabu ^a   Okamoto, Kouichirou ^a   Hirose, Takanori ^b   Fujii, Yukihiko ^a   Takahashi, Hitoshi ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOKUSHIMA PREFECTURAL CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

anaplasia; giant cell glioblastoma; intraventricular tumor; neuronal differentiation; pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN TUMOR; BRAIN VENTRICLE TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; GIANT CELL TUMOR; GLIOBLASTOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROSURGERY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR DIAGNOSIS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77954823586     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2009.01080.x     Document Type: Article

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