[Central neurocytoma: a study of five cases].
Central neurocytoma is a very rare brain tumour recently described. The diagnosis rests on the data provided by anatomopathological examination and immunohistochemestry. We report a retrospective study of five cases of neurocytoma diagnosed in the Pathological laboratories of Anatomy and Cytology of Habib Bourguiba and Fattouma Bourguiba Hospitals over a period of two years (1999/2000); this study was based on clinical, radiological and anatomopathological data. It was about three women and two men with an average age of 29 years (17 to 49 years) The tumor was located in the side ventricles in three cases. Two differential diagnoses were often discussed: oligodendroglioma and ependymoma. Immunohistochemistry showed an expression of the synaptophysine in every case. The treatment was exclusively surgical and the course was favourable with an average follow up of 48 months; only one case of relapse was noted of 36 months after the diagnosis.
Lobna
Ayadi
A
Laboratoire d'anatolie et de cytologie pathologiques CHU Habib Bourguiba Sfax.
Abdelmajid
Khabir
K
Najib
Ben Yahia
BY
Saloua
Makni
M
Ahmed
Sellami
S
Abdelfattah
Zakhama
Z
Ben Mansour
H
H
Rachid
Jlidi
J
Tahya
Boudawara
B
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D007150:Immunohistochemistry; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018306:Neurocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome