Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumors: Imaging findings of two cases and review of the literature Atipik teratoid rabdoid tümör: İki olguda radyolojik bulgular ve literatürün gözden geçirilmesi
Turkish Neurosurgery, cilt.18, sa.1, ss.30-34, 2008 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Yayın Türü: Makale / Tam Makale
- Cilt numarası: 18 Sayı: 1
- Basım Tarihi: 2008
- Dergi Adı: Turkish Neurosurgery
- Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Sayfa Sayıları: ss.30-34
- Anahtar Kelimeler: Atypical teratoid /rhabdoid tumor, Computerized tomography, Magnetic rezonance imaging
- Ankara Yıldırım Beyazıt Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır
Özet
Atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor (AT/RT) is a malignant embryonal central nervous system (CNS) tumor, manifesting in children, and composed of rhabdoid cells, with or without fields resembling a classical primitive neuroectodermal tumor (PNET), epithelial tissue and neoplastic mesenchyme. Around 200 cases of CNS AT/RT have been documented in the literature. Although the clinical and pathological findings have been defined in large series previously, and AT/RT has become increasingly recognized, awareness of typical AT/RT is important in making the correct diagnosis of this uncommon but probably underdiagnosed entity. Neuroradiologists rarely mention AT/RT in their differential diagnosis and this paper presents two additional cases in which clinical and pathological findings are combined with neuroradiological presentation.