Ganglioneurocytoma mimicking a malignant tumor: case report with a literature review of the MRI appearance of neurocytomas and gangliogliomas

A Chan; G McAbee; J Queenan; A Manning

doi:10.1111/j.1552-6569.2001.tb00009.x

Ganglioneurocytoma mimicking a malignant tumor: case report with a literature review of the MRI appearance of neurocytomas and gangliogliomas

J Neuroimaging. 2001 Jan;11(1):47-50. doi: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2001.tb00009.x.

Authors

A Chan¹, G McAbee, J Queenan, A Manning

Affiliation

¹ Department of Pediatrics (Neurology), School of Osteopathic Medicine, University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, 40 E. Laurel Rd, Suite 100, Stratford, NJ 08084, USA.

PMID: 11198527
DOI: 10.1111/j.1552-6569.2001.tb00009.x

Abstract

A 14-year-old girl presented with symptoms of increased intracranial pressure after her head was squeezed at a party. MRI demonstrated a mass that was hypointense to brain on T1WI and heterogeneous in signal on PD and T2WI; compression of the ventricle, midline shift, and mild ventriculomegaly also were present. Contrast enhancement was extensive and heterogeneous, mimicking a malignant tumor. Neuropathology revealed a ganglioneurocytoma.

Publication types

Case Reports
Review

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Brain / pathology*
Brain Neoplasms / diagnosis*
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Ganglioglioma / diagnosis*
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging*
Neurocytoma / diagnosis*
Temporal Lobe*