Intradural chordoma of the Meckel's cave: A challenging differential diagnosis

Neuropathology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 577-582

  Barresi, Valeria ^a   Caffo, Maria ^a   Alafaci, Concetta ^a   Granata, Francesca ^a   Tuccari, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Brachyury; Chordoid meningioma; Chordoma; Meckel's cave; Meningioma; MMP

Indexed keywords

CYTOKERATIN 19; GELATINASE A; GELATINASE B;

AGED; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHORDOMA; DIPLOPIA; FEMALE; HISTOGENESIS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY; MENINGIOMA; NEURILEMOMA; NOTOCHORD; PARESTHESIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STRABISMUS; TRIGEMINAL NERVE;

AGED; ANTIGENS, CD; CAPILLARIES; CHORDOMA; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; KERATINS; KI-67 ANTIGEN; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 2; MATRIX METALLOPROTEINASE 9; NEOVASCULARIZATION, PATHOLOGIC; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; RECEPTORS, CELL SURFACE; SKULL BASE NEOPLASMS; TISSUE FIXATION; TRIGEMINAL GANGLION; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84866607263     PISSN: 09196544     EISSN: 14401789     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1789.2011.01295.x     Document Type: Article

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