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| Year : 2003 | Volume
: 51
| Issue : 2 | Page : 273--274 |
Rhabdoid tumor of the thalamus
R Kachhara1, TM Retnam1, S Kumar1, S Nair1, RN Bhattacharya1, T Krishnamoorthy2, VV Radhakrishnan3
1 Departments of Neurosurgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Trivandrum, India
2 Departments of Radiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Trivandrum, India
3 Departments of Pathology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology Trivandrum, India
Correspondence Address:
V V Radhakrishnan
Department of Pathology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences & Technology Trivandrum-695011
India
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PMID: 14571026 
Rhabdoid tumors of the central nervous system are uncommon tumors. About 188 cases have been reported in the literature so far. In this report, we describe a case of a rhabdoid tumor of the thalamus in a 35-year-old male patient. Light microscopic and immunohistochemical features are discussed and the relevant literature reviewed.
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