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.
Kohmura
E
E
Department of Neurosurgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Japan. edohmura@nsurg.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
Maruno
M
M
Sawada
K
K
Arita
N
N
Yoshimine
T
T
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