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#redirect [[Neuropathology_tumours#Neurocytoma]]
'''Neurocytoma''' is a rare [[neuropathology tumour]].
 
==General==
*Rare.
 
==Microscopic==
Features:<ref>URL: [http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/Composites/FNA0IE14-Neurocytoma-Micro.htm http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/Composites/FNA0IE14-Neurocytoma-Micro.htm]. Accessed on: 12 October 2011.</ref>
*[[Pineocytoma|Pineocytomatous]]/neurocytic rosette = irregular rosette with a large meshwork of fibers (neuropil) at the centre.<ref name=pmid16551982>{{cite journal |author=Wippold FJ, Perry A |title=Neuropathology for the neuroradiologist: rosettes and pseudorosettes |journal=AJNR Am J Neuroradiol |volume=27 |issue=3 |pages=488–92 |year=2006 |month=March |pmid=16551982 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
**Similar to Homer-Wright rosette.
*Perinuclear clearing.
*Well-defined cell borders.
 
DDx:
*[[Oligodendroglioma]] - do not have the characteristic rosettes.
*[[Ganglioglioma]].
*[[Ependymoma]].
 
===Images====
www:
*[http://moon.ouhsc.edu/kfung/jty1/Composites/FNA0IE14-Neurocytoma-Micro.htm Neurocytoma (ouhsc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case383.html Neurocytoma - several images (upmc.edu)].
*[http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case561.html Neurocytoma - cerebellar - several images (upmc.edu)].
==IHC==
*Synaptophysin +ve.
**Most glial tumour -ve.<ref>URL: [http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case383/dx.html http://path.upmc.edu/cases/case383/dx.html]. Accessed on: 15 January 2012.</ref>
 
==See also==
*[[Central neurocytoma]].
*[[Neuropathology tumours]].
 
==References==
{{Reflist|1}}


[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Neuropathology tumours]]
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