title: Ganglioglioma causing acute uncal herniation.
abstract: Gangliogliomas are rare but mostly benign tumors of the central nervous system. Early surgical resection is recommended to prevent seizures and further growth. Therefore, an uncal herniation caused by a ganglioglioma is a very rare event. We report such a case, where a patient with an initially small lesion was lost to follow-up.
authors.affiliation: Division of Neurosurgery, Kantonsspital, 7000 Chur, Switzerland.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eif
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Kaech
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004677:Encephalocele / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D018303:Ganglioglioma / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D020534:Parahippocampal Gyrus / Q000473:pathology