Atypical Calcified Ganglioglioma: A Rare Case Report

Seizo Yamashita, Luiz Antonio Resende, Fernanda M. P. Souza, Marco Zanini, Carlos Clayton, André P. Trindade

Department of General Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, UNESP, Botucatu, Brazil.

DOI: 10.4236/act.2014.31002                

Abstract

Considered rare tumors, gangliogliomas account for 0.4% - 0.9% of intracranial neoplasms. The peak of its incidence occurs between 10 and 20 years of age. These tumors are composed of glial and ganglion cells and they are relatively low-grade neoplasms associated with good prognoses. We report a case of an atypical calcified ganglioglioma in an 18-year-old woman with history of four months of stabbing right-sided parietal headache, paroxysmal. On image studies were noted the presence of thick wall calcification in gangliogliomas. Although rare, this atypical ganglioglioma should be included in the differential diagnosis of lesions occurring in this area of the brain.

Keywords

Gangliogliomas; Brain; Calcification; Atypical

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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