Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma: Report of two cases with unconventional clinical presentations

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 380-387

  Vizcaíno, M Adelita ^a   Caccamo, Dario V ^b   Fox, Ellen ^c   Rodriguez, Fausto J ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b Mercy General Hospital   (United States)

^c Capital Health Medical Center   (United States)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaplasia; BRAF; Neurofibromatosis; Pituitary; Pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma; Sella

Indexed keywords

CD34 ANTIGEN; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; KI 67 ANTIGEN; PROTEIN S 100; SYNAPTOPHYSIN;

ADENOHYPOPHYSIS; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTE; BRAIN EDEMA; BRAIN HISTOLOGY; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; FRONTAL LOBE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MENINGIOMA; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS TYPE 1; NEUROHYPOPHYSIS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PLEOMORPHIC XANTHOASTROCYTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEIZURE; YOUNG ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; GENETICS; GLIOBLASTOMA; METABOLISM; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; ASTROCYTOMA; BRAIN NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GLIAL FIBRILLARY ACIDIC PROTEIN; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MUTATION; S100 PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930385301     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5414/NP300766     Document Type: Article

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