Glioneurofibroma: renaming the pediatric "gliofibroma": a neoplasm composed of Schwann cells and astrocytes.
Three children had central nervous system tumors with histologic and ultrastructural features corresponding to those of tumors previously described as "gliofibromas." These features, which include a composite appearance with glial and mesenchymal elements, with glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP)-containing and GFAP-immunonegative cells, diffuse S-100 immunoreactivity, and basal lamina wrapping processes of both cell types, suggest that the "mesenchymal" cells are Schwann cells, not fibroblasts. We therefore propose to rename this entity "glioneurofibroma." The clinical behavior of these lesions is uncertain but is more often indolent or benign.
Department of Pathology, Rita and Stanley Kaplan Cancer Center, New York University Medical Center, New York.
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Vazquez
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Miller
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Epstein
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Allen
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Budzilovich
D001253:Astrocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009423:Nervous System Neoplasms / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009455:Neurofibroma / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009418:S100 Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012583:Schwann Cells / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D009626:Terminology as Topic
D005904:Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein; D009418:S100 Proteins