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Year : 2009 | Volume
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| Issue : 1 | Page : 76--78 |
Olfactory ensheathing cell tumor
Kaushal Ippili1, Boola G Ratnam1, Swarnalata Gowrishankar2, Alok Ranjan1, Rahul Lath1
1 Department of Neurosurgery, Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad - 500 033, Andhra Pradesh, India 2 Department of Pathology, Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad - 500 033, Andhra Pradesh, India
Correspondence Address:
Rahul Lath Department of Neurosurgery, Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills, Hyderabad - 500 033, Andhra Pradesh India
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DOI: 10.4103/0028-3886.48811
Olfactory ensheathing cells (OECs) are found in the olfactory bulb and olfactory nasal mucosa. They resemble Schwann cells on light and electron microscopy, however, immunohistochemical staining can distinguish between the two. There are less than 30 cases of olfactory groove schwannomas reported in the literature while there is only one reported case of OEC tumor. We report an OEC tumor in a 42-year-old male and discuss the pathology and origin of this rare tumor.
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