Ganglioglioma of the optic chiasm: case report and review of the literature.
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.
Shuangshoti
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Department of Neuropathology, Royal Perth Hospital, Western Australia.
Kirsch
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Bannan
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Fabian
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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*