Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: A new differential diagnosis for a pediatric pineal neoplasm

Brain Tumor Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 168-171

  Thakar, Sumit ^a   Kiran, N A Sai ^a   Ghosal, Nandita ^a   Hegde, Alangar S ^a  

^a SRI SATHYA SAI INSTITUTE OF HIGHER MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Pineal; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma

Indexed keywords

GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN;

ADOLESCENT; BRAIN CYST; BRAIN SURGERY; BRAIN VENTRICLE PERITONEUM SHUNT; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTRAST ENHANCEMENT; DIFFERENTIAL DIAGNOSIS; HEADACHE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTRACRANIAL PRESSURE; MALE; NEUROIMAGING; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PAPILLEDEMA; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; QUADRIGEMINAL CISTERN; SURGICAL APPROACH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME; VOMITING;

ADOLESCENT; ASTROCYTOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; HUMANS; INTRACRANIAL HYPERTENSION; MALE; PINEALOMA;

EID: 84865250678     PISSN: 14337398     EISSN: 1861387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10014-011-0076-7     Document Type: Conference Paper

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