Glycogen-rich pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma with clear-cell features: Confirmatory report of a rare variant with implications for differential diagnosis

Pathology Research and Practice

Volumn 207, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 256-261

  Vajtai, Istvan ^a   Stibal, Alexander ^b   von Gunten, Michael ^a   Kappeler, Andreas ^a   Vassella, Erik ^a   Frank, Stephan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL BASEL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Clear cell ependymoma; Clear cell neoplasm; Differential diagnosis; Oligodendroglioma; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma

Indexed keywords

AMYLASE; CD34 ANTIGEN; CD68 ANTIGEN; ETIRACETAM; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; OXCARBAZEPINE; PROTEIN S 100; RETICULIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL ORGANELLE; CELL VACUOLE; CHROMOSOME 19Q; CHROMOSOME 1P; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CYTOPLASM; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; EPENDYMOMA; GENERALIZED EPILEPSY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; LABELING INDEX; LAMELLAR BODY; MALE; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE FIBER; OLIGODENDROGLIA; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SPINDLE CELL; TUMOR CALCINOSIS;

ADULT; ANTIGENS, CD34; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; EPENDYMOMA; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLYCOGEN; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; OLIGODENDROGLIOMA; S100 PROTEINS; SEIZURES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL; VIMENTIN;

EID: 79955136971     PISSN: 03440338     EISSN: 16180631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.prp.2010.12.008     Document Type: Article

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