Open AccessRevisiting metastatic central nervous system tumors with unknown primary using clinicopathological findings: A single neurosciences institutional study
Author(s) -
Anshu Gupta,
Sujata Chaturvedi,
Deepak Kumar Jha,
Monali Chaturvedi
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/ijpm.ijpm_592_18
Subject(s) - pathology , medicine , cerebrum , histopathology , leptomeninges , central nervous system , primary central nervous system lymphoma , immunohistochemistry , metastatic carcinoma , carcinoma , lymphoma
Metastatic tumors are the most common central nervous system (CNS) tumors wherein the primary site remains unknown in most of the cases. Aim: The study was carried out to evaluate metastatic CNS tumors with unknown primary by using simplified diagnostic (clinico-histopathologic) approach.