A case of pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma with anaplastic features in the pineal gland

Brain Tumor Pathology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 242-246

  Katayama, Kosuke ^a   Asano, Kenichiro ^a   Shimamura, Norihito ^a   Ogasawara, Yukari ^a   Naraoka, Masato ^a   Ohkuma, Hiroki ^a   Kurose, Akira ^b  

^a HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HIROSAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

High grade glioma; Pineal lesion tumor; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma with anaplastic features

Indexed keywords

BETA INTERFERON; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; PROTEIN S 100; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; BRAIN BIOPSY; CANCER COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMENTIA; GAIT DISORDER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; HYDROCEPHALUS; MALE; PINEAL BODY; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ANTINEOPLASTIC COMBINED CHEMOTHERAPY PROTOCOLS; ASTROCYTOMA; CHEMORADIOTHERAPY; DACARBAZINE; DIFFUSION MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; HUMANS; INTERFERON-BETA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PINEALOMA; RADIOTHERAPY DOSAGE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VINCRISTINE;

EID: 84887218668     PISSN: 14337398     EISSN: 1861387X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10014-013-0137-1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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