• Pediatric neurosurgery · Jan 2011

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    Ganglioglioma of the thoracolumbar spinal cord in a patient with neurofibromatosis type 1: a case report and literature review.

    • Yutaka Hayashi, Mitsutoshi Nakada, Masanao Mohri, Hideki Murakami, Norio Kawahara, and Jun-Ichiro Hamada.
    • Department of Neurosurgery, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan. yuh@ns.m.kanazawa-u.ac.jp
    • Pediatr Neurosurg. 2011 Jan 1; 47 (3): 210-3.

    AbstractGangliogliomas of the spinal cord are rare, and the conus medullaris is an extremely rare site for their occurrence. The authors present a case in which a ganglioglioma was found in the thoracolumbar spinal cord, including the conus medullaris, of a 5-year-old female patient with neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1) who presented with paraparesis and urinary disturbance. MRI revealed an intramedullary lesion within the thoracolumbar spinal cord, including the conus medullaris, which was surgically removed. Pathological investigation showed a ganglioglioma consisting of glioneuronal tumor cells. This is the first report to provide a pathological description of a spinal cord ganglioglioma in a patient with NF1. Because gangliogliomas usually have a good prognosis following resection, it is important to clearly distinguish them from other NF1-associated lesions, even though ganglioglioma of the thoracolumbar spinal cord, including the conus medullaris, is an extremely rare condition.Copyright © 2011 S. Karger AG, Basel.

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