title: Extraventricular neurocytoma in a child: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: Neurocytomas are relatively rare central nervous system tumors first described in intraventricular sites but increasingly recognized in the brain and spinal cord parenchyma. Herewith, we report a case of a 3-year-old girl with generalized seizures. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a lesion in the left frontal lobe. Angiography showed minimal vascularity. The tumor was totally excised. Histopathologic examination demonstrated an extraventricular neurocytoma. On follow-up magnetic resonance imaging after 1 year, no evidence of tumor recurrence was noted. Cerebral neurocytomas are histologically low-grade tumors and radical surgery is curative; they should be included in the differential diagnosis of cerebral tumors in children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital Agia Sofia, Athens, Greece.
authors.forename: Evriviadis
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Mpairamidis
authors.forename: George A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Alexiou
authors.forename: Kalliopi
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Stefanaki
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Sfakianos
authors.forename: Neofytos
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Prodromou