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Glioneuronal phenotype in a diencephalic pilomyxoid astrocytoma.
Pediatric and developmental pathology : the official journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology and the Paediatric Pathology Society - 1 Jan 2000
de Chadarévian Jean-Pierre, Halligan Gregory E, Reddy Goutham, Bertrand Louise, Pascasio Judy M, Faerber Eric N, Katsetos Christos D
Abstract excerpt
We report the presence of divergent populations of cells in a hypothalamic/chiasmatic pilomyxoid astrocytoma of an 11-month-old male, exhibiting differential immunohistochemical localizations for glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) and synaptophysin. The tumor cells were negative for Neu-N and neurofilament protein. Ultrastructurally, the tumor comprised 2 cell types, one with features attributable to a...
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