Atypical extraventricular neurocytoma: A rare and challenging case diagnosed on intraoperative cytology

Cytopathology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 270-273

  Ghosal, N ^a   Dadlani, R ^a   Somorendra Singh, S ^a   Hegde, A S ^a  

^a SSSIHMS   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

EOSIN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; HEMATOXYLIN; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ARTICLE; ATYPICAL EXTRAVENTRICULAR NEUROCYTOMA; BRAIN CALCIFICATION; BRAIN RADIOGRAPHY; BRAIN SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CELL STRUCTURE; CHILD; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CRANIOTOMY; CYTOLOGY; DISEASE SEVERITY; EYE EXAMINATION; FRONTAL CORTEX; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; MITOSIS; NEUROEPITHELIOMA; NEUROPIL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PARIETAL LOBE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; STAINING; TUMOR CELL;

CHILD; CYTODIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; INTRAOPERATIVE PERIOD; MALE; NEOPLASMS, NEUROEPITHELIAL; NEUROCYTOMA;

EID: 84864020538     PISSN: 09565507     EISSN: 13652303     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2303.2011.00861.x     Document Type: Article

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