Intramedullary spinal cord ganglioglioma presenting with abnormal abdominal wall movement. Case report.
The authors present a case of intramedullary ganglioglioma in a 6-year-old girl. Since the age of 4 months the patient had experienced a spontaneous wavy undulating movement of her anterior abdominal wall resembling a severe peristalsis. The movement was continuous even during sleep, and this symptom was named "belly dance." Magnetic resonance images revealed an intramedullary tumor with ill-defined borders, and the lesion was partially resected. The patient made a good recovery, although 4 years postsurgery her scoliosis had progressed.
Aslanabadi
Saeid
S
Department of Surgery, Neurosurgery, and Pathology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. ramin_azhough780@yahoo.com
Azhough
Ramin
R
Motlagh
Parviz Samad
PS
Hadidchi
Shahram
S
Tabrizi
Ali Dastranj
AD
Zonouzy
Keivan Kashy
KK
D034861:Abdominal Wall / Q000473:pathology*; D002648:Child; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D018303:Ganglioglioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D006801:Humans; D011859:Radiography; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D013904:Thoracic Vertebrae / Q000473:pathology