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Cerebellar
"neuroblastoma": nosology as it relates to medulloblastoma
Pearl GS, Takei Y
Medulloblastoma is a relatively common and well-established entity, consisting
of primitive, multipotential cells that may exhibit some evidence of
neuroblastic or glial differentiation.
However, cerebellar "neuroblastoma" with ultrastructural evidence of
significant neuroblastic differentiation are extremely rare.
We have studied three tumors with light microscopic evidence of neuroblastic
differentiation.
All of these tumors have regions resembling medulloblastoma; this finding
suggests that cerebellar "neuroblastoma" represents one form of
medulloblastoma.
These cases provide further evidence for the potential medulloblastoma cells to
differentiate along neuronal lines.
PMID: 7226024 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]
Source: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=retrieve&db=pubmed&list_uids=7226024&dopt=Abstract
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