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?

• Päätekijät: Aparna Govindan (Tekijä), Anita Mahadevan (Tekijä), Shrijeet Chakraborti (Tekijä), Sunil Furtado (Tekijä), Susarla Krishna (Tekijä)
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• Julkaistu: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
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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...