Cystic ganglioneurocytoma of the lateral ventricles

Br J Neurosurg. 2014 Oct;28(5):688-90. doi: 10.3109/02688697.2014.881462. Epub 2014 Jan 27.

Abstract

A 52-year-old woman displayed a brain-MRI depicting a left lateral ventricle mass, associated with cystic component, extending controlaterally. Histological examination revealed neuronal differentiation with neurocytes and small ganglionic cells and the tumour was graded as a ganglioneurocytoma. We report the first case of a cystic ganglioneurocytoma with an intraventricular location.

Keywords: cystic ganglioneurocytoma; ganglion cell; ganglioneurocytoma; neurocytoma; ventricular ganglioneurocytoma.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Brain Neoplasms / pathology
  • Brain Neoplasms / surgery*
  • Female
  • Ganglioneuroma / diagnosis
  • Ganglioneuroma / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Lateral Ventricles / surgery*
  • Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  • Middle Aged
  • Treatment Outcome