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Cerebral medulloepithelioma — electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry

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A case is reported of a boy, 3 years of age, with a large medulloepithelioma in the left cerebral hemisphere. Medulloepitheliomas are rare tumors of the primitive medullar epithelium. Histological, immunohistochemical and electron microscopical findings are presented. We discuss previously reported cases, the ontogeny of this type of tumor and the relation to the socalled primitive neuro-ectodermal tumors (PNET).

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  1. Department of Pathology, Subdivision of Neuropathology, Academic Medical Center, Meibergreef 9, NL-1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    D. Troost

  2. Department of Pathology, Subdivision of Electron Microscopy, Academic Medical Center, Meibergreef 9, NL-1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    K. P. Dingemans

  3. Department of Pathology, Subdivision of Neuropathology, University Hospital Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands

    G. H. Jansen

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Troost, D., Jansen, G.H. & Dingemans, K.P. Cerebral medulloepithelioma — electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry. Acta Neuropathol 80, 103–107 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00294231

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