Desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma: a questionably benign tumour.
Desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma is a rare intracranial tumour of childhood that involves the cerebral cortex and the leptomeninges. We report two patients with desmoplastic infantile gangliogliomas and multiple cerebrospinal metastases. To our knowledge, only two similar cases have been reported in the published literature. Pathologically, this rare intracranial tumour shows glial and ganglionic differentiation, accompanied by an extreme desmoplastic reaction. These are low-grade neoplasms that are questionably benign.
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Department of Medical Imaging, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. ajay_deepa@yahoo.com
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D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D018303:Ganglioglioma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013120:Spinal Cord Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*