Improved discrimination of melanotic schwannoma from melanocytic lesions by combined morphological and GNAQ mutational analysis

Acta Neuropathologica

Volumn 120, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 755-764

  Küsters Vandevelde, Heidi V N ^a   Van Engen Van Grunsven, Ilse A C H ^b   Küsters, Benno ^b   Van Dijk, Marcory R C F ^c   Groenen, Patricia J T A ^b   Wesseling, Pieter ^b   Blokx, Willeke A M ^b  

^a CANISIUS WILHELMINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Blue nevus; Carney complex; GNAQ; Melanocytoma; Melanotic schwannoma; Peripheral nerve sheath tumor

Indexed keywords

G ALPHA Q PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLUE NEVUS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LEPTOMENINX; MALE; MELANOCYTOSIS; MELANOTIC NEURILEMOMA; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GTP-BINDING PROTEIN ALPHA SUBUNITS; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROMA, ACOUSTIC; NEVUS, BLUE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78651061743     PISSN: 00016322     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00401-010-0749-z     Document Type: Article

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