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Four cases of distinctive meningiomas with Zellballen growth pattern
Author(s) -
DONG YINGCHUN,
ZHOU XIAOJUN,
WU BO,
WANG JIANDONG,
MA HENGHUI,
ZHOU HANGBO,
JIANG SHAOJUN,
LU GUANGMING,
HU QIUJU
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
apmis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0903-4641
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0463.2009.02551.x
Subject(s) - immunohistochemistry , paraganglioma , pathology , meningioma , ultrastructure , medicine , anatomy , biology
Dong Y, Zhou X, Wu B, Wang J, Ma H, Zhou H, Jiang S, Lu G, Hu Q. Four cases of distinctive meningiomas with Zellballen growth pattern. APMIS 2009; 117: 936–40. Meningiomas are attributed to those tumours with slow‐growing pattern occurring predominantly in middle‐aged or elderly patients. Fifteen histological variants have been described based on the variable histomorphological features. Herein we report four cases with specific Zellballen growth pattern, giving the tumours a ‘paraganglioma‐like’ general aspect. The diagnosis of meningiomas was confirmed by immunohistochemical and ultrastructural findings. Histopathologists should be aware of this specific morphology which can lead to misdiagnosis.