Usefulness of synaptophysin immunohistochemistry in an adult case of choroid plexus carcinoma.
Choroid plexus carcinoma in an adult case is a very rare tumor and difficult to differentiate from metastatic tumors. The authors report a case of a 49-year-old female with choroid plexus carcinoma who previously had multiple carcinomas. In this case, synaptophysin immunohistochemistry proved to be extremely helpful for the histological diagnosis.
Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. edohmura@nsurg.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
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Kohmura
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Maruno
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Sawada
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Arita
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Yoshimine
D002277:Carcinoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D016545:Choroid Plexus Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008875:Middle Aged; D016708:Synaptophysin / Q000378:metabolism*
D016708:Synaptophysin