Pigmented Ganglioglioma of the Cerebellum - Case Report and Review.

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Pigmented Ganglioglioma of the Cerebellum - Case Report and Review.

World Neurosurg. 2018 May 09;:

Authors: Agrawal M, Borkar SA, Khanna G, Sharma MC, Kale SS

Abstract
BACKGROUND: Gangliogliomas are rare intra-axial tumors. Cerebellar seizures caused by gangliogliomas have been rarely described. Pigmented neural cell tumors are well described in the literature but infrequent, especially when presenting as primary neuroepithelial tumors. Only five cases of pigmented ganglioglioma have been described in literature, out of which 4 were in the pediatric population.
CASE DESCRIPTION: A seventeen year old female presented to us with cerebellar seizures, which resolved after tumor excision. Histopathological examination showed a pigmented ganglioglioma.
CONCLUSIONS: We present the sixth documented case of a pigmented ganglioglioma, the first such case reported in cerebellar location, associated with a rare presentation of cerebellar seizures.

PMID: 29753075 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

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