Open AccessGiant Cerebellar Ganglioglioma Mimicking a Pilocytic Astrocytoma
Author(s) -
Trần Anh Tuấn,
Nguyen Minh Duc
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of clinical imaging science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2156-7514
pISSN - 2156-5597
DOI - 10.25259/jcis_212_2020
Subject(s) - ganglioglioma , pilocytic astrocytoma , cerebellar hemisphere , medicine , pleomorphic xanthoastrocytoma , magnetic resonance imaging , cerebellum , pathology , differential diagnosis , cerebrum , radiology , astrocytoma , epilepsy , central nervous system , glioma , cancer research , psychiatry
A benign brain tumor, called a ganglioglioma (GG), can sometimes be found in the cerebrum. We describe an unusual pediatric case of GG in the cerebellum in this article. An 11-year-old male patient had a headache and epilepsy disorder. The head magnetic resonance imaging results revealed a giant cyst with an enhancing mural nodule in the right cerebellar hemisphere that flattened the fourth ventricle. Pilocytic astrocytoma was the provisional diagnosis based on clinical and imaging details. After radical mass eradication, a GG was demonstrated through histopathological analysis. Even though GG is an uncommon tumor, it should be included in the differential diagnosis for a cerebellar mass with both cystic and solid components in children.