Cerebral neuroblastoma.
Virchows Arch A Pathol Anat Histol, 1978/12/12;381(1):1-11.
Yagishita S, Itoh Y, Chiba Y, Yuda K
PMID: 153641
Abstract
A cerebral neuroblastoma removed surgically from a female child is presented. Electron microscopy showed numerous neuronal processes with growth cones which are a feature of the developing neurone. In addition there were some rosettes with distinct lumina. The luminal surfaces were covered with a smooth plasma membrane lacking any surface differentiation and the lateral surface of these cells had many cell junctions (terminal bars), reminiscent of a primitive neural tube. These features in a nerve cell tumor help to substantiate it as a neuroblastoma arising from immature rather than differentiated cells. The nature of this rare tumor is discussed.
MeSH terms
Brain Neoplasms; Cell Differentiation; Cell Membrane; Child, Preschool; Female; Humans; Intercellular Junctions; Neuroblastoma
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