Malignant transformation of a spinal cord ganglioglioma - Case report and review of the literature

Clinical Neuropathology

Volumn 23, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 298-303

  Di Patre, P L ^a   Payer, M ^a   Bruneau, M ^a   Delavelle, J ^a   De Tribolet, N ^a   Pizzolato, G ^a,b  

^a University Hospital   (Switzerland)

^b GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Anaplastic glioma; Ganglioglioma; Spinal cord; Vascular malformation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANAPLASTIC CARCINOMA; ASTROCYTE; CANCER SURGERY; CASE REPORT; CONGENITAL BLOOD VESSEL MALFORMATION; FEMALE; GLIOMA; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; NERVE CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINAL CORD TUMOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

ADULT; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; GANGLIOGLIOMA; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; NEOPLASM RECURRENCE, LOCAL; SPINAL CORD NEOPLASMS;

EID: 8744249311     PISSN: 07225091     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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