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"Polyphenotypic" tumors in the central nervous system: problems in nosology and classification.
Pediatric pathology & laboratory medicine : journal of the Society for Pediatric Pathology, affiliated with the International Paediatric Pathology Association - 1 Jan 2000
Jay V, Edwards V, Halliday W, Rutka J, Lau R
Abstract excerpt
In recent years, there is increasing recognition of polyphenotypic high-grade malignancies in the non-central nervous system (CNS) tumor literature. Some of these tumors have been regarded as variants of primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) or as extrarenal malignant rhabdoid tumors (MRTs). This report concerns two posterior fossa neoplasms, both of which displayed a "polyphenotypic" expression of neural,...
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