[Anaplastic temporal ganglioglioma with spinal metastasis].
We report the case of a 26-year-old male who was operated on after an acute episode complicating a long history of seizures. The resected temporal lesion was an anaplastic ganglioglioma. Ganglioglioma is a tumor of children and young adults, characterized by two cell components, neuronal and glial. It is usually a benign lesion. The present case is remarkable in several aspects. Hemorrhage led to the discovery of a supra-tentorial tumour. Microscopic examination revealed anaplastic foci in an otherwise typical lesion. There was a long past medical history but outcome was rapidly unfavorable after surgical resection and associated with dissemination along the spinal cord.
Danjoux
M
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Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, CHU Rangueil, 31403 Toulouse Cedex 4.
Sabatier
J
J
Uro-Coste
E
E
Roche
H
H
Delisle
M B
MB
D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D018303:Ganglioglioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000556:secondary*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012640:Seizures; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000556:secondary*