Paraganglioma of the cauda equina: A report of two cases with unusual histopathological features

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 39-43

  Matsumoto, Miki ^a   Abe, Kuniko ^a   Baba, Hideo ^a   Kinoshita, Naoe ^a   Yamauchi, Taishi ^a   Shiraishi, Masaya ^b   Osaki, Makoto ^a   Hayashi, Tomayoshi ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b Nagasaki Prefecture Shimabara Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cauda equina; Filum terminale; MRI; Paraganglioma; Unusual histopathology

Indexed keywords

CHROMOGRANIN; CYTOKERATIN AE1; CYTOKERATIN AE3; KI 67 ANTIGEN; MELANIN; NEUROFILAMENT PROTEIN; NEURON SPECIFIC ENOLASE; PROTEIN S 100; RETICULIN; STEM CELL FACTOR RECEPTOR; SYNAPTOPHYSIN; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CAUDA EQUINA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; ISCHIALGIA; LAMINECTOMY; LOW BACK PAIN; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; MALE; MAST CELL; NERVE CELL; NEURILEMOMA; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PARAGANGLIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RADICULAR PAIN; STROMA; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TUMOR CELL; VOMITING;

CAUDA EQUINA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURILEMMOMA; PARAGANGLIOMA, EXTRA-ADRENAL; PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84855432641     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/NP300379     Document Type: Article

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