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Atypical teratoid rhabdoid tumor laboratory findings

Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujit Routray, M.D. [2]

Overview

Overview

CSF analysis is done to detect any leptomeningeal dissemination with involvement of the cerebrospinal fluid. Large tumor cells, eccentricity of the nuclei, and prominent nucleoli are the consistent findings.

Laboratory Findings

Laboratory Findings

Lumbar Puncture

References

References

  1. Lu L, Wilkinson EJ, Yachnis AT (2000). “CSF cytology of atypical teratoid/rhabdoid tumor of the brain in a two-year-old girl: a case report”. Diagn. Cytopathol. 23 (5): 329–32. PMID 11074628.

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