title: Desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma: MRI and histological findings case report.
abstract: Desmoplastic infantile gangliogliomas (DIG) are rare intracranial tumors occurring during the 1st year of life. They arise invariably in the supratentorial region and have a great size at presentation, commonly involving more than one lobe. They are composed of a solid peripheral component of variable size, which involves the superficial cerebral cortex and the leptomeninges, and a large cystic part. Despite the great size at presentation and occasional mitotic activity in the variable undifferentiated component, this entity constitutes a distinct clinicopathological entity with benign prognosis. We hereby present the MRI and histological findings of two cases of DIG in infants aged 9 and 10 months, respectively.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiological Imaging, Children's Hospital Agia Sophia, Epaminonda 14, 16674, Glyfada, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Nikas
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anagnostara
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Theophanopoulou
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stefanaki
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Michail
authors.forename: Ch
authors.initials: Ch
authors.lastname: Hadjigeorgi
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D018303:Ganglioglioma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging