Congenital cerebellar neuroepithelial tumor with multiple divergent differentiations.
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.
D001344:Autopsy; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D002528:Cerebellar Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D009373:Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal / Q000151:congenital* / Q000473:pathology