title: Anaplastic ganglioglioma: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: A 10-year-old girl underwent radical decompression of a right temporal tumour extending to the insular cortex which proved to be a differentiated ganglioglioma. One year later, she presented with a bleeding right frontal tumour extending to the insula, the histology of which showed it to be the anaplastic variant of ganglioglioma. She underwent postoperative radiotherapy but died 6 months after the second operation. Anaplastic ganglioglioma is a rare variant of ganglioglioma and progression of the latter to anaplastic ganglioglioma is an extremely rare occurrence. The literature regarding ganglioglioma is reviewed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology (SCTIMST), Kerala, India.
authors.forename: N I
authors.initials: NI
authors.lastname: Kurian
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nair
authors.forename: V V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Radhakrishnan
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D018303:Ganglioglioma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D011612:Psychosurgery; D012086:Reoperation; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed