title: Sudden, unexpected death in a 5-year-old boy with an unusual primary intracranial neoplasm. Ganglioglioma of the medulla.
abstract: This report documents sudden, unexpected death in a 5-year-old boy from a ganglioglioma of the medulla. Gangliogliomas are rare, primary brain tumors that are encountered predominantly in childhood. We are unaware of any previous report of a similar case.
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003645:Death, Sudden / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008526:Medulla Oblongata / Q000473:pathology; D009447:Neuroblastoma / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology*