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Extraventricular Neurocytoma in a Child: Case Report and Review of the Literature

Evriviadis Mpairamidis, MD

Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital "Agia Sofia," Athens, Greece

George A. Alexiou, MD

Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital "Agia Sofia," Athens, Greece, alexiougrg{at}yahoo.gr

Kalliopi Stefanaki, MD, PhD

Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital "Agia Sofia," Athens, Greece

George Sfakianos, MD, PhD

Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital "Agia Sofia," Athens, Greece

Neofytos Prodromou, MD, PhD

Department of Neurosurgery, Children's Hospital "Agia Sofia," Athens, Greece

Neurocytomas are relatively rare central nervous system tumors first described in intraventricular sites but increasingly recognized in the brain and spinal cord parenchyma. Herewith, we report a case of a 3-year-old girl with generalized seizures. Computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging revealed a lesion in the left frontal lobe. Angiography showed minimal vascularity. The tumor was totally excised. Histopathologic examination demonstrated an extraventricular neurocytoma. On follow-up magnetic resonance imaging after 1 year, no evidence of tumor recurrence was noted. Cerebral neurocytomas are histologically low-grade tumors and radical surgery is curative; they should be included in the differential diagnosis of cerebral tumors in children.

Key Words: neurocytoma • extraventricular • angiography • seizures • brain tumor

Journal of Child Neurology, Vol. 24, No. 4, 491-494 (2009)
DOI: 10.1177/0883073808324534
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