Primary meningeal histiocytic sarcoma: A report of two unusual cases

Neuropathology and Applied Neurobiology

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 111-114

  Bell, S L ^a   Hanzely, Z ^a   Alakandy, L M ^a   Jackson, R ^b   Stewart, W ^a  

^a SOUTHERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CD163 ANTIGEN; CD33 ANTIGEN; CD4 ANTIGEN; CD45 ANTIGEN; CHLORDANE; GLYCOPROTEIN P 15095; HLA DR ANTIGEN; LYSOZYME; VIMENTIN;

ADULT; CASE REPORT; DIZZINESS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TRANSLOCATION; HEADACHE; HISTIOCYTIC SARCOMA; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; IMMUNOCYTOCHEMISTRY; LETTER; MALAISE; MALE; NEUROLOGIC EXAMINATION; PARESTHESIA; PRIMARY MENINGEAL HISTIOCYTIC SARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNSTEADINESS;

ADULT; FEMALE; HISTIOCYTIC SARCOMA; HUMANS; MALE; MENINGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 84855498884     PISSN: 03051846     EISSN: 13652990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2990.2011.01205.x     Document Type: Letter

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