title: Ganglioglioma of the optic chiasm: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We report a case of a hypothalamic chiasmatic ganglioglioma in a 21-year-old woman who presented with hyperprolactinemia and developed visual field defects. This circumscribed cystic lesion with an enhancing mural nodule was radiologically indistinguishable from a pilocytic astrocytoma. Although rare, gangliogliomas should be included in the differential diagnosis of lesions occurring in this area of the brain.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neuropathology, Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shuangshoti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kirsch
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Bannan
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Fabian
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D005260:Female; D018303:Ganglioglioma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D006801:Humans; D007031:Hypothalamus / Q000473:pathology; D009897:Optic Chiasm / Q000473:pathology; D019574:Optic Nerve Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*