[Practical recommendations for management of the biopsy in an expansive intra-cerebral process].
Diagnosis of an intracerebral mass requires a good collaboration between clinicians and pathologists. Different techniques may be necessary. The interest of cytological preparations and immunohistochemistry is reported. The main characteristic features of cerebral tumors are described and the differential diagnosis with reactive and inflammatory masses simulating neoplasia is discussed.
Jouvet
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Laboratoire de Neuropathologie, Hôpital P. Wertheimer, BP Lyon Montchat, 69394 Lyon Cedex 03.
Saint-Pierre
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Perrot
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Gérard
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Fèvre-Montange
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Pialat
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Hénin
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D001706:Biopsy / Q000379:methods* / Q000592:standards; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology*; D001927:Brain Diseases / Q000473:pathology*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic