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Rhabdoid Meningioma of Brain - A Rare Aggressive Tumor

Rhabdoid meningioma is a rare aggressive variant of meningioma, regarded as WHO Grade III type. Histologically and cytologically, it is distinctive type having abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm, cytoplasmic inclusion with eccentrically placed vesicular nuclei and prominent nucleoli. High recurrence ra...

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Autores principales: Mondal, Sajeeb, Pradhan, Rajashree, Pal, Subrata, Chatterjee, Sharmistha, Bandyapadhyay, Arindam, Bhattacharyya, Debosmita
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Medknow Publications & Media Pvt Ltd 2017
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5582564/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28900335
http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/ijmpo.ijmpo_87_16
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Sumario:Rhabdoid meningioma is a rare aggressive variant of meningioma, regarded as WHO Grade III type. Histologically and cytologically, it is distinctive type having abundant eosinophilic cytoplasm, cytoplasmic inclusion with eccentrically placed vesicular nuclei and prominent nucleoli. High recurrence rate and poor outcome are important features. Here, we are presenting a rare case of rhabdoid meningioma found in a recurrent meningioma of the posterior fossa in a middle-aged female. We emphasized the squash cytology and histology finding of the rare neoplasm.