title: Intramedullary spinal cord ganglioglioma presenting with abnormal abdominal wall movement. Case report.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Neurosurgery, and Pathology, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran. ramin_azhough780@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Saeid
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aslanabadi
authors.forename: Ramin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Azhough
authors.forename: Parviz Samad
authors.initials: PS
authors.lastname: Motlagh
authors.forename: Shahram
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hadidchi
authors.forename: Ali Dastranj
authors.initials: AD
authors.lastname: Tabrizi
authors.forename: Keivan Kashy
authors.initials: KK
authors.lastname: Zonouzy
mesh_terms: 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