Summary
A case of congenital cerebellar tumor is reported. The tumor is composed of a few incomplete tubular structures analogous to the neural tube, and of neuroblastic, mature ganglionic, astrocytic, ependymal and undetermined neuroepithelial cells. A tentative diagnosis of congenital cerebellar neuroepithelial tumor with multiple divergent differentiations is made: the histogenesis is discussed. From a histogenetic point of view this tumor is given the provisional name of matrix cell tumor.
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Sato, T., Shimoda, A., Takahashi, T. et al. Congenital cerebellar neuroepithelial tumor with multiple divergent differentiations. Acta Neuropathol 50, 143–146 (1980). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00692865
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