Anaplastic ganglioglioma in the spinal cord: case report and literature review

Pediatr Neurosurg. 2012;48(4):245-8. doi: 10.1159/000348556. Epub 2013 May 16.

Abstract

Anaplastic ganglioglioma (AGG) is a rare tumor. A PubMed database search yielded only a few case reports and fewer case series. An even rarer entity is AGG arising in the spinal cord. We present a case of a pediatric patient with a pathological diagnosis of spinal AGG.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Adolescent
  • Cervical Vertebrae*
  • Female
  • Ganglioglioma / diagnosis*
  • Ganglioglioma / surgery*
  • Humans
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / diagnosis*
  • Spinal Cord Neoplasms / surgery*