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Role of surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy in papillary tumors of the pineal region: a multicenter study
Papillary tumor of the pineal region (PTPR), recently described as a distinct clinicopathological entity, can show aggressive biological behavior. The optimal therapeutic approach of PTPR has not been well def...
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High and Low Grade Oligodendrogliomas (ODG): Correlation of Amino-Acid and Glucose Uptakes Using PET and Histological Classifications
Classification and treatment strategy of Oligodendrogliomas (ODG) remain controversial. Imaging relies essentially on contrast enhancement using CT or MRI. The aim of our study was to use positron emission tom...
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Erratum: Differential Somatostatin Receptor Subtype Expression in Human Normal Pineal Gland and Pineal Parenchymal Tumors
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Differential Somatostatin Receptor Subtype Expression in Human Normal Pineal Gland and Pineal Parenchymal Tumors
Somatostatin is a potent antiproliferative signal in both tumoral and normal mammalian cells, and altered somatostatin receptor (sst) expression is associated with carcinogenesis in human tissues. In this stud...
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Intracranial Ependymomas in Adult Patients: Analyses of Prognostic Factors
Objective: The goal of our study is to identify significant prognostic factors for a series of intracranial ependymomas in an adult population. Age, location, histology, preoperative clinical status, extent of r...
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Myelopathy and sciatica induced by an extradural S1 root haemangioblastoma
Haemangioblastomas are vascular tumours which mainly involve the central nervous system and retina, often in the setting of von Hippel-Lindau disease. Haemangioblastomas occurring outside the central nervous s...
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5-Hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) uptake and decarboxylation in the kitten brain
This study reports the presence of noradrenergic (NA) neurons which are capable to take up 5-hydroxytryptophan (5-HTP) and decarboxylate it to 5-hydroxytryptamine (5-HT serotonin) in the kitten brain. After l...
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Central nervous system cavernomas in the pediatric age group
Pediatric CNS cavernomas still are diagnostically and therapeutically challenging lesions. With the help of magnetic resonance imaging, the natural history of cavernomas now guiding therapeutic strategies is w...
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Lack of Evidence of Osteo-medullary Metastases at Diagnosis in Patients with High Grade Gliomas
High grade gliomas usually show a transient response to standard therapy by radiation. A local evolution leads to patient death in most of the cases. Necropsic series suggest that metastatic evolution is rathe...
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Radiologic anatomy of the spinal dorsal horn at the cervical level (anatomic-MRI correlations)
The spinal dorsal horn is known for its important functional role in the field of transmission and modulation of sensory afferents. Because of this, the dorsal horn represents a target for numerous analgesic a...
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Bone Metastasis of Glioblastoma Multiforme Confirmed by Fine Needle Biopsy
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Immunohistochemical, ultrastructural, biochemical and in vitro studies of a pineocytoma
Using both tumor specimen and cultured tumor cells, we have studied the differentiation of a pineocytoma by light and electron microscopy (EM) and immunohistochemical demonstration of glial, neuronal and neur...
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Spinal cord compression by secondary epi- and intradural metastases in childhood
Over a 9-year period, 35 out of 614 children with malignant tumours who were treated at the Centre Léon Bérard developed spinal metastases. Of these, 18 with known malignancies before the development of spina...
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Chapter and Conference Paper
CT-Guided Needle Biopsy of Intracranial Tumours: Results in 118 Consecutive Patients
The purpose of this paper is to evaluate the efficacy and safety of CT-guided needle biopsies and to determine the optimal indications for this technique. The case histories of 118 patients who underwent a CT-...
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Structural and ultrastructural characteristics of human pineal gland, and pineal parenchymal tumors
We have studied 20 pineal parenchymal tumors (PPT) and 4 normal or cystic pineal glands both by light and electron microscopy and immunohistochemistry with antibodies against glial markers [glial fibrillary ac...
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Tectal plate gliomas. Part I: Microsurgery of the tectal plate gliomas
A series of 12 patients with tectal plate gliomas, is presented treated by direct surgery. Mean age was 19 years. All patients presented with signs of raised intracranial pressure and supratentorial hydrocepha...
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Tectal plate gliomas part II: CT scans and MR imaging of tectal gliomas
CT scans and MR images were analized in 12 patients with histologically proved tectal plate gliomas. In an attempt to identify the nature of these lesions, their radiological characteristics were correlated wi...
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Successfull treatment for a metastatic supratentorial malignant rhabdoid tumor
The case of a boy with a familial history of Rendu-Osier disease, who successively developed a cerebellar pilocytic astrocytoma (at 3 years of age) and a metastatic supratentorial malignant rhabdoid tumor (at ...
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Magnetic resonance imaging contribution to the diagnosis of spinal cord compression by a subdural arachnoid cyst
A case of subdural arachnoid cyst of the thoracic spine was studied by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), myelography and CT myelography. Myelography and especially CT myelography suggested the diagnosis; MRI e...
