[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.
Service d'Anatomie et Cytologie Pathologiques, CHU Rangueil, 31403 Toulouse Cedex 4.
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Danjoux
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Sabatier
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Uro-Coste
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Roche
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Delisle
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*