Malignant cerebellar ganglioglioma

Marguerite Harding; Brian Brophy; Timothy Geake

doi:10.1016/j.jocn.2007.02.003

Malignant cerebellar ganglioglioma

J Clin Neurosci. 2008 May;15(5):582-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.02.003. Epub 2008 Mar 3.

Authors

Marguerite Harding¹, Brian Brophy, Timothy Geake

Affiliation

¹ Department of Neurosurgery, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia. mhardin1@mail.rah.sa.gov.au

PMID: 18313924
DOI: 10.1016/j.jocn.2007.02.003

Abstract

We present a 62-year-old man with a high-grade cerebellar ganglioglioma with ataxia. Gangliogliomas are rare tumours which usually occur in the first 3 decades of life. There have only been a small number of grade IV gangliogliomas reported in the literature.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Ataxia / complications
Cerebellar Neoplasms* / complications
Cerebellar Neoplasms* / diagnosis
Ganglioglioma* / complications
Ganglioglioma* / diagnosis
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Tomography, X-Ray Computed