| Medulloepithelioma | |
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| Histopathology of medulloepithelioma showing characteristic neural tube like strands. | |
| Specialty | Neurosurgery, Neuro-oncology |
Medulloepithelioma is a rare, primitive, fast-growing brain tumour thought to stem from cells of the embryonic medullary cavity.[1] Tumours originating in the ciliary body of the eye are referred to as embryonal medulloepitheliomas,[1] or diktyomas.[2]
A highly malignant undifferentiated primitive neuroepithelial tumour of children, medulloepithelioma may contain bone, cartilage, skeletal muscle, and tends to metastasize extracranially.[2]
- ^ a b Definition of Medulloepithelioma Archived 2015-12-25 at the Wayback Machine, from Online Medical Dictionary. Retrieved 7 January 2010.
- ^ a b McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.