Medulloepithelioma
As Medulloepithelioma a very rare malignant formerly brain tumor called, occurs particularly in young children. Neuropathologically , the formation of cell cords is characteristic, the appearance of which is reminiscent of the histological picture of the neural tube . Due to the molecular similarity, medulloepitheliomas are now seen as part of the morphological spectrum of the embryonic tumor with multi-row rosettes (ETMR, grade IV WHO) and classified as ETMR according to the current WHO classification.
literature
- Korshunov et al .: Embryonal tumor with multilayered rosettes, C19MC-altered. In: Louis et al. (Ed.): WHO Classification of Tumors of the Central Nervous System. IARC Press, Lyon 2016, ISBN 978-92-832-4492-9 .
