Desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma--case report

Neurol Med Chir (Tokyo). 1993 Jul;33(7):463-6. doi: 10.2176/nmc.33.463.

Abstract

A desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma occurred in a 5-month-old boy, manifesting as delayed psychomotor development. Computed tomography showed a large cystic mass involving the left occipitoparietal lobes. The tumor was totally removed. He has survived for 13 years without tumor recurrence. Histological examination disclosed marked desmoplasia intermixed with mature-looking ganglion cells, neoplastic glial cells, and small, immature round cells. These clinical and histological features enabled the diagnosis of desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain / diagnostic imaging
  • Brain / pathology*
  • Brain / surgery
  • Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis
  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology*
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Ganglioglioma / diagnosis
  • Ganglioglioma / pathology*
  • Ganglioglioma / surgery
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Male
  • Occipital Lobe / diagnostic imaging
  • Occipital Lobe / pathology*
  • Parietal Lobe / diagnostic imaging
  • Parietal Lobe / pathology*
  • Psychomotor Performance
  • Tomography, X-Ray Computed