Abstract
A 16‐year‐old boy was operated on via an occipital transtentorial craniotomy for a pineal tumor. Routine histological examination of the tissue revealed it to be a germinoma, as characterized by the presence of two cell populations: large cells and small, lymphoidappearing cells. The cells were evaluated in a singlecell suspension for the peresence of lymphocyte membrane surface markers; small cells exclusively were found to have such markers; A T‐lymphocyte membrane marker was present in 81% of the small cells, whereas 15 to 18% of the small cells had a Blymphocyte membrane marker.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 133-136 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Annals of Neurology |
Volume | 6 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Aug 1979 |
Externally published | Yes |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Neurology
- Clinical Neurology