Absence of anaplastic lymphoma kinase-1 expression in inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors of the central nervous system: Does it signify a different nosologic entity from its systemic counterpart?

• मुख्य लेखकों: Aparna Govindan (लेखक), Anita Mahadevan (लेखक), Shrijeet Chakraborti (लेखक), Sunil Furtado (लेखक), Susarla Krishna (लेखक)
• स्वरूप: पुस्तक
• प्रकाशित: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• विषय: article
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Background and Aim: Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumors (IMFTs) are uncommon neoplasms of the central nervous system (CNS) of intermediate grade biologic potential. Anaplastic lymphoma kinase (ALK-1), a diagnostic marker of anaplastic large cell lymphoma, is also expressed in a subset of IMFTs and a...