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  • 1
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    Glial fibrillary acidic protein in medulloblastomas and other embryonic CNS tumours of children (1983)
    Springer
    Virchows Archiv 398 (1983), S. 263-275 
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    ISSN: 1432-2307
    Keywords: GFAP ; Medulloblastoma ; Pineoblastoma ; Cerebral Neuroblastoma ; Medulloepithelioma ; Small-cell Glioma of Cerebellum
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Summary Investigation of GFAP in 50 medulloblastomas showed a few GFAP-positive tumour cells in 5 cases only; 17 tumours were negative, and 28 showed a “pseudopositivity”, i.e. GFAP-bearing cells were identified as reactive or degenerating astrocytes, intermingled with tumour elements. A high GFAP content was seen in 2 small-cell gliomas of the cerebellum, whereas 3 pineoblastomas, 2 neuroblastomas of CNS, and one medulloepithelioma were negative. GFAP is a very good method for identificating astrocytes, but does not seem to be reliable for identifying the origin of undifferentiated tumours such as medulloblastomas. In these neoplasms glial differentiation is lacking or extremely rare, GFAP-positivity being mostly an artifact. The investigation of small tumour samples or the positivity of a single cell are inadequate data for a correct evaluation of the findings, especially taking in mind that GFAP of degenerated astrocytes can be phagocytised by cells other than glial (e.g., macrophages, epithelial and meningioma cells). The importance of carefully checking the whole structure of the tumour is stressed, GFAP positivity or negativity being not a sufficient criterion for its nosological classification.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00583584
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    Pleomorphic pineocytoma with extensive neuronal differentiation: report of two cases (1994)
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    Acta neuropathologica 88 (1994), S. 448-453 
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    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Key words Pineal parenchymal tumors ; Pineocytoma ; Pineoblastoma ; Central neurocytoma ; Neuronal differentiation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Two pineal parenchymal tumors are presented, arising in a 54-year-old man and a 72-year-old woman; respectively. They showed isomorphic, cellular areas of small cells, often with characteristic pineocytomatous rosettes, and of medium-sized cells, as well as less cellular regions with highly pleomorphic, often ganglioid large cells. Immunohistochemistry disclosed extensive neuronal differentiation. There was intense positivity for neurofilament protein and microtubule-associated protein 2 in the pleomorphic areas and more variable expression in the isomorphic regions. Diffuse synaptophysin positivity was seen, accentuated along the borders of pleomorphic cells and in the rosettes, as well as diffuse interstitial and/or cytoplasmic expression of neuron-specific enolase, PGP 9.5 and tau. β-Tubulin III was detected in most cells and slight positivity was found in the rosettes. Expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein, however, was restricted to resident astrocytes and an interstitial network of processes. These neuronally differentiated pleomorphic pineocytomas underline the broad histomorphological spectrum of pineal parenchymal tumors.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00389497
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    Electronic Resource
    Pleomorphic pineocytoma with extensive neuronal differentiation: report of two cases (1994)
    Springer
    Acta neuropathologica 88 (1994), S. 448-453 
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    ISSN: 1432-0533
    Keywords: Pineal parenchymal tumors ; Pineocytoma ; Pineoblastoma ; Central neurocytoma ; Neuronal differentiation
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Two pineal parenchymal tumors are presented, arising in a 54-year-old man and a 72-year-old woman; respectively. They showed isomorphic, cellular areas of small cells, often with characteristic pineocytomatous rosettes, and of medium-sized cells, as well as less cellular regions with highly pleomorphic, often ganglioid large cells. Immunohistochemistry disclosed extensive neuronal differentiation. There was intense positivity for neurofilament protein and microtubule-associated protein 2 in the pleomorphic areas and more variable expression in the isomorphic regions. Diffuse synaptophysin positivity was seen, accentuated along the borders of pleomorphic cells and in the rosettes, as well as diffuse interstitial and/or cytoplasmic expression of neuron-specific enolase, PGP 9.5 and tau. β-Tubulin III was detected in most cells and slight positivity was found in the rosettes. Expression of glial fibrillary acidic protein, however, was restricted to resident astrocytes and an interstitial network of processes. These neuronally differentiated pleomorphic pineocytomas under-line the broad histomorphological spectrum of pineal parenchymal tumors.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00389497
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    Congenital immature teratoma of the fetal brain (1997)
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    Child's nervous system 13 (1997), S. 556-559 
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    ISSN: 1433-0350
    Keywords: Key words Fetus ; Brain tumor ; Congenital ; Teratoma ; Immunohistochemistry
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract Congenital intracranial tumors are very rare and only account for 0.5–1.5% of all childhood brain tumors. Even rarer are those with prenatal manifestation. The most common of these present at birth are teratomas, which show divergent differentiation with 90% of them containing tissues from all three germ layers. We report a rare case of an intrauterine congenital immature teratoma in a female fetus at 23 weeks of gestation, which was sonographically diagnosed in vivo by detection of the tumor and associated craniomegaly. Because of the poor prognosis, termination of the pregnancy was induced by Rivanol instillation. The cerebral tumor was confirmed at autopsy and was not associated with any other malformations. Histological and immunohistochemical features of this tumor are presented.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s003810050137
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    Immunohistochemistry in childhood brain tumors: what are the facts? (1990)
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    Child's nervous system 6 (1990), S. 118-122 
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    ISSN: 1433-0350
    Keywords: Immunohistochemistry ; Brain tumors in childhood
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Medicine
    Notes: Abstract In the past, contradictory results have been reported concerning the specificity of neuronal or glial cell markers. However, we have investigated this aspect in a large group of more than 550 brain tumors (among them 60 medulloblastomas). These contradictions can easily be explained by considering two basic facts. First, every neoplastic cell population, especially in embryonic tumors, diffusely infiltrates the brain tissue: non-neoplastic cells, intermingled with tumor cells, can therefore give rise to immunohistochemical and histogenetic misinterpretations. Second, different cell markers can be expressed by one and the same cell (e.g., GFAP, NSE, vimentin), making nosological interpretation of the tumor difficult, impossible, or at best rather subjective. Clear-cut marker positivity is mostly found in the differentiated tumors for which the nosological classification is already clear by the usual histological methods. Only synaptophysin seems to be a reliable marker for neurogenic cells. In embryonic brain tumors (so-called PNET), no correlations between the presence of a given cell marker and the biological behavior of the tumor have so far been detected.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00308484
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