Occipital ganglioglioma in an older adult.
Gangliogliomas are rare benign tumors of the central nervous system that typically involve the temporal lobe in younger patients. We present a 63-year-old man with an unusual occipital ganglioma with new seizures resolving after resection. A search of the literature revealed only three reports of occipital ganglioma in adults over 30 years old. Therefore, ganglioglioma of the occipital lobe in older patients is rare, but is a diagnostic consideration.
Deipolyi
Amy
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Department of Radiology, Massachusetts General Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
Auguste
Kurtis I
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Yang
Isaac
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Tihan
Tarik
T
Parsa
Andrew T
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D017677:Age Distribution; D000367:Age Factors; D001929:Brain Edema / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D018303:Ganglioglioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009778:Occipital Lobe / Q000601:surgery; D012640:Seizures / Q000209:etiology; D016896:Treatment Outcome