Distinct morphological and immunohistochemical features in schwannomas and report of a case with osseous metaplasia

Abstract

Background: The sections from a thoracolomber mass

Keywords

• Schwannoma, osseous metaplasia, glial fibrillary acidic protein

Schwannoma’larda farklı morfolojik ve immun dokukimyasal özellikler ile osseöz metaplazi gösteren bir olgunun sunumu

Abstract

Amaç: Elli yaşındaki erkek hastanın schwannoma tanısı alan spinal kitlesinin kesitlerinde fokal osseöz metaplazi saptanması üzerine, schwannoma olgularımızın histomorfolojik ve immündokukimyasal özelliklerinin retrospektif olarak incelenmesi amaçlanmıştır. Yöntem: 2002-2005 yılları arasında Karaelmas of schwannoma retrospectively Üniversitesi Tıp Fakültesi Patoloji Anabilim Dalı’nda tanı almış dokuz schwannoma olgusunun preparatları Methods

Keywords

• Schwannoma, osseöz metaplazi

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