UAMS Department of Pathology

About the Department

Anatomic Pathology

Clinical Pathology

Outreach Referral and Consultative Services

Fellowships

Pathophysiology Course

Research

Experimental Pathology Core Lab

Murat Gokden, MD Associate Professor of Pathology; Director of Neuropathology
Medical School Dokuz Eylul University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey Residency Pathology at Dokuz Eylul University Medical School, Izmir, Turkey; Anatomic Pathology at Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO Fellowship Division of Neuropathology, Department of Pathology, Barnes-Jewish Hospital, Washington University Medical Center, St. Louis, MO Surgical Pathology, Department of Pathology, The University of Texas, M. D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX Division of Cytopathology, Department of Pathology, UAMS Board Certification(s) Anatomic Pathology, Neuropathology, and Cytopathology Major Interests Neuropathology, cytopathology, and surgical pathology Research Interests Brain tumors, diagnostic techniques in pathology, fine needle aspiration cytology, oncologic pathology Email: mgokden@uams.edu

Selected Publications

Gokden M, Mrak RE: Pituitary adenoma with craniopharyngioma component. Human Pathol, 40: 1189-1193, 2009

Gokden M, Al-Hinti JT, Harik SI: Peripheral nervous system pathology in fragile X ataxia/tremor syndrome (FXTAS). Neuropathology 29:280-284, 2009

Scheithauer BW, Erdogan S, Rodriguez F, Burger PC, Woodruff JM, Kros JM, Gokden M, Spinner RJ: Malignant peripheral nerve sheath tumors of cranial nerves and intracranial contents: A clinicopathologic study of 17 cases. Am J Surg Path,33:325-338, 2009

Gokden N, Gokden M, Phan D, McKenney J: The utility of Pax-2 in distinguishing metastatic clear cell renal cell carcinoma from its morphologic mimics: An immunohistochemical study with comparison to renal cell carcinoma marker. Am J Surg Path 32: 1462-1467, 2008

Sahin FK, Koken G, Cosar E, Koken R, Sahin O, Gokden M: A prenatally diagnosed case of primitive neuroectodermal tumor. Fetal Diagn Ther 23: 267-270. 2008

Gokden M, Kemp SA, Gokden N: The utility of Pax-2 as an immunohistochemical marker for renal cell carcinoma in cytopathology. Diagn Cytopathol 36:473-477, 2008

Al-Mefty K, Pravdenkova S, Colli BO, Al-Mefty O, Gokden M: Chordoma and Chondrosarcoma: similar but with different skull base tumors. Cancer 110: 2457-2467, 2007

Gokden N. Greene GF. Bayer-Garner IB. Spencer HJ. Sanderson RD. Gokden M. Expression of CD138 (Syndecan-1) in renal cell carcinoma is reduced with increasing nuclear grade. Applied Immunohistochemistry & Molecular Morphology. 14(2):173-7, 2006

Cetin N. Dienel G. Gokden M. CD117 expression in glial tumors. Journal of Neuro-Oncology. 75(2):195-202, 2005

UAMS Department of Pathology
4301 West Markham #517
Little Rock AR 72205
501-686-5170
Bruce Smoller, M.D., Chair

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