• Neurosurgery · May 2002

    Review Case Reports

    Ganglioglioma presenting as a meningioma: case report and review of the literature.

    • Khawar Siddique, Michael Zagardo, Meena Gujrati, and William Olivero.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, University of Illinois College of Medicine at Peoria, Peoria, Illinois 61637-0999, USA.
    • Neurosurgery. 2002 May 1; 50 (5): 1133-5; discussion 1135-6.

    Objective And ImportanceGangliogliomas are intra-axial, avascular masses located predominantly in the temporal lobe. A ganglioglioma that mimics a meningioma in that it is extra-axial and has a significant extracranial vascular supply has not been reported previously.Clinical PresentationA 12-year-old girl presented with a right temporoparietal mass. A neurological examination revealed nothing abnormal, and the girl's symptoms were limited to headaches.InterventionMagnetic resonance imaging revealed an extra-axial mass, and cerebral catheter angiography revealed a blood supply mainly from the posterior division of the right middle meningeal artery. Intraoperative findings confirmed the extra-axial location of the tumor, and histological analysis revealed that the tumor was a ganglioglioma.ConclusionThis report confirms that gangliogliomas can present as extra-axial, vascular masses that are similar to meningiomas.

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