Diagnostic pitfall in the diagnosis of mesenchymal chondrosarcoma arising in the central nervous system

Neuropathology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-90

  Lin, Lisa ^a   Varikatt, Winny ^a,b   Dexter, Mark ^a   Ng, Thomas ^a,b  

^a WESTMEAD HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Mesenchymal chondrosarcoma; Small round cell tumor

Indexed keywords

DACTINOMYCIN; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; IFOSFAMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CEREBELLUM TENTORIUM; CHONDROSARCOMA; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MESENCHYME CHONDROSARCOMA; NEUROECTODERM TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BRAIN NEOPLASMS; CHONDROSARCOMA, MESENCHYMAL; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; NEUROECTODERMAL TUMORS, PRIMITIVE; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84855933805     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2011.01224.x     Document Type: Article

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