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Desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma: MRI and histological findings case report.

Nikas I, Anagnostara A, Theophanopoulou M, Stefanaki K, Michail A, Hadjigeorgi Ch

Department of Radiological Imaging, Children's Hospital Agia Sophia, Epaminonda 14, 16674, Glyfada, Athens, Greece.

Desmoplastic infantile gangliogliomas (DIG) are rare intracranial tumors occurring during the 1st year of life. They arise invariably in the supratentorial region and have a great size at presentation, commonly involving more than one lobe. They are composed of a solid peripheral component of variable size, which involves the superficial cerebral cortex and the leptomeninges, and a large cystic part. Despite the great size at presentation and occasional mitotic activity in the variable undifferentiated component, this entity constitutes a distinct clinicopathological entity with benign prognosis. We hereby present the MRI and histological findings of two cases of DIG in infants aged 9 and 10 months, respectively.

Published 2 May 2005 in Neuroradiology, 46(12): 1039-43.
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