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==Pathophysiology==
==Pathophysiology==


Immunohistochemical profile of the more common brain tumors.
Skip to 05:20 minutes of the youtube video to look at the histology of the commonmost brain tumors of both adult and childhood.
*Astrocytoma - GFAP (Glial Fibrillary Acidic Protein) less positively in poorly differentiated tumors.
 
*Oligodendroglioma - Fried eggs GFAP-negative. Minigemistocytes GFAP-positive.
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*Ependymoma - GFAP, S100, variable EMA-dot positivity.
*Medulloblastoma - Synaptophysin, Neu N, focal GFAP
*Meningioma - EMA, Vimentin.


==References==
==References==

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