Subependymal giant cell astrocytomas with atypical histological features mimicking malignant gliomas

Folia Neuropathologica

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 39-46

  Grajkowska, Wieslawa ^a,b   Kotulska, Katarzyna ^a,b   Jurkiewicz, Elzbieta ^a   Roszkowski, Marcin ^a   Daszkiewicz, Paweł ^a   Jóźwiak, Sergiusz ^a   Matyja, Ewa ^b  

^a CHILDREN'S MEMORIAL HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^b MOSSAKOWSKI MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Anaplastic features; Atypical SEGA; Histopathology; Subependymal giant cell astrocytoma (SEGA); Tuberous sclerosis complex

Indexed keywords

ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA CELL; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER GRADING; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL PROLIFERATION; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; FOLLOW UP; GIANT CELL TUMOR; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; MITOSIS; MULTINUCLEAR CELL; NECROSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SUBEPENDYMAL GIANT CELL ASTROCYTOMA; SUBEPENDYMOMA; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 79953672373     PISSN: 16414640     EISSN: 1509572X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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