Embryonal tumor with abundant neuropil and true rosettes: A report of three cases of a rare tumor, with an unusual case showing rhabdomyoblastic and melanocytic differentiation

Neuropathology

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 620-625

  Al Hussaini, Maysa ^a   Abuirmeileh, Najiyah ^a   Swaidan, Maisa ^a   Al Jumaily, Usama ^a   Rajjal, Haytham ^a   Musharbash, Awni ^a   Hashem, Sameh ^a   Sultan, Iyad ^a  

^a KING HUSSEIN CANCER CENTER   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Brain tumors; Embryonal tumor with abundant neuropil and true rosettes; Embryonal tumors; Ependymoblastoma; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

CARBOPLATIN; CISPLATIN; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ETOPOSIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ARTICLE; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CALCIFICATION; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CARCINOMATOUS MENINGITIS; CASE REPORT; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CEREBRAL BLINDNESS; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; CYTOREDUCTIVE SURGERY; DIPLOPIA; EMBRYONAL CARCINOMA; FOLLOW UP; GRANULAR CELL TUMOR; HEADACHE; HUMAN; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; MELANOCYTE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; NEUROPIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA TUMOR; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROSETTE FORMATION; SEIZURE; SPEECH; SPINAL CORD METASTASIS; STRABISMUS; VOMITING;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; NEUROPIL;

EID: 81955168118     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2011.01213.x     Document Type: Article

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