[Central neurocytoma: analysis of three cases and review of the literature].
METHODS
Three cases of central neurocytoma, confirmed by immunohistochemical study are reported. The central neurocytoma has recently been added to the differential diagnosis of intraventricular tumors. It is more frequent than previously thought, with high incidence in young patients. The positivity for synaptophysin and neuron specific enolase, the negativity for neurofilament protein and glial fibrillary acid protein, and the finding of elements of neuronal differentiation on electron microscopy, are the main pathological features of these tumors.


CONCLUSIONS
The surgical treatment is the election, and radiotherapy is reserved for malignant cases or recurrence.
Katati
M J
MJ
Servicio de Neurocirugía, Hospital Universitario de Traumatología y Rehabilitación, Granada, España.
Vílchez
R
R
Ros
B
B
Horcajadas
A
A
Arráez
M A
MA
Arjona
V
V
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D018306:Neurocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D012688:Septum Pellucidum / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Neurocitoma central: a propósito de tres casos y revisión de la literatura.