title: A midline cerebral primitive neuroectodermal tumor: immunohistochemical evidence for a germinal matrix origin.
abstract: A brain tumor, found at autopsy of a 17-month-old boy is described. The neoplasm was diagnosed as a primitive neuroectodermal tumor. In order to elucidate its origin, the immunohistochemical characteristics of the tumor are compared to those of a control group of germinal matrix layers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, Academisch Medisch Centrum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Blaauwgeers
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Troost
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000032:analysis* / Q000473:pathology; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000032:analysis* / Q000473:pathology