Journal of Neurological Surgery Part A: Central European Neurosurgery, Table of Contents J Neurol Surg A Cent Eur Neurosurg 2012; 73(01): 46-49DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1304504 Case Report Thieme Medical Publishers 333 Seventh Avenue, New York, NY 10001, USA. Anaplastic Posterior Fossa Ganglioglioma in a Child: Case Report and Short Review of the Literature[*] M.J. Shah 1 University of Freiburg, Neurosurgery, Freiburg, Germany , R. Sircar 1 University of Freiburg, Neurosurgery, Freiburg, Germany , M. Linder-Luch 2 University of Freiburg, Department of Neuropediatrics and Pediatric Muscular Disorder, Freiburg, Germany , J. Böhm 3 University of Freiburg, Department of Pathology, Freiburg, Germany , V. van Velthoven-Wurster 1 University of Freiburg, Neurosurgery, Freiburg, Germany , V. van Velthoven-Wurster 1 University of Freiburg, Neurosurgery, Freiburg, Germany › Author Affiliations Recommend Article Abstract Buy Article See also: Anaplastic Posterior Fossa Ganglioglioma in a Child: Case Report and Short Review of the LiteratureCent Eur Neurosurg 2011; 72(S 01): e1-e1DOI: 10.1055/s-0030-1253408 Keywords Keywordspediatric neurosurgery - anaplastic ganglioglioma - posterior fossa Full Text References References 1 Baussard B, Di Rocco F, Garnett MR , et al. Pediatric infratentorial gangliogliomas: a retrospective series. J Neurosurg 2007; 107: 286-291 2 Safavi-Abbasi S, Di Rocco F, Chantra K , et al. Posterior cranial fossa gangliogliomas. Skull Base 2007; 17: 253-264 3 Courville C. Ganglioglioma: tumor of the central nervous system: review of literature and report of two cases. Arch Neurol Psychiatry 1930; 24: 434-491 4 Zentner J, Wolf HK, Ostertun B , et al. Gangliogliomas: clinical, radiological, and histopathological findings in 51 patients. J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry 1994; 57: 1497-1502 5 Johannsson JH, Rekate HL, Roessmann U. Gangliogliomas: pathological and clinical correlation. J Neurosurg 1981; 54: 58-63 6 Wolf HK, Muller MB, Spanle M , et al. Ganglioglioma: a detailed histopathological and immunohistochemical analysis of 61 cases. Acta Neuropathol 1994; 88: 166-173 7 Haddad SF, Moore SA, Menezes AH , et al. Ganglioglioma: 13 years of experience. Neurosurgery 1992; 31: 171-178 8 Lang FF, Epstein FJ, Ransohoff J , et al. Central nervous system gangliogliomas. Part 2: clinical outcome. J Neurosurg 1993; 79: 867-873 9 Wolff JE, Classen CF, Wagner S , et al. Subpopulations of malignant gliomas in pediatric patients: analysis of the HIT-GBM database. J Neurooncol 2008; 87: 155-164 10 Karremann M, Pietsch T, Janssen G , et al. Anaplastic ganglioglioma in children. J Neurooncol 2009; 92: 157-163 11 Campos MG, Zentner J, Ostertun B , et al. Anaplastic ganglioglioma: case report and review of the literature. Neurol Res 1994; 16: 317-320 12 Jay V, Squire J, Becker LE , et al. Malignant transformation in a ganglioglioma with anaplastic neuronal and astrocytic components. Report of a case with flow cytometric and cytogenetic analysis. Cancer 1994; 73: 2862-2868 13 Dash RC, Provenzale JM, McComb RD , et al. Malignant supratentorial ganglioglioma (ganglion cell-giant cell glioblastoma): a case report and review of the literature. Arch Pathol Lab Med 1999; 123: 342-345 14 Chintagumpala MM, Armstrong D, Miki S , et al. Mixed neuronal-glial tumors (gangliogliomas) in children. Pediatr Neurosurg 1996; 24: 306-313 15 Tamiya T, Takao S, Ichikawa T , et al. Successful chemotherapy for congenital malignant gliomas: a report of two cases. Pediatr Neurosurg 2006; 42: 240-244 16 Hirose T, Kannuki S, Nishida K , et al. Anaplastic ganglioglioma of the brainstem demonstrating active neurosecretory features of neoplastic neuronal cells. Acta Neuropathol 1992; 83: 365-370 17 Johnson MD, Jennings MT, Toms ST. Oligodendroglial ganglioglioma with anaplastic features arising from the thalamus. Pediatr Neurosurg 2001; 34: 301-305 18 Nanassis K, Tsitsopoulos PP, Marinopoulos D , et al. Long-term follow-up of a non-infantile desmoplastic ganglioglioma. Cen Eur Neurosurg 2010; 71 (1) 50-53 19 Sainte-Rose C, Cinalli G, Roux FE , et al. Management of hydrocephalus in pediatric patients with posterior fossa tumors: the role of endoscopic third ventriculostomy. J Neurosurg 2001; 95 (5) 791-797 20 Ruggiero C, Cinalli G, Spennato P , et al. Endoscopic third ventriculostomy in the treatment of hydrocephalus in posterior fossa tumors in children. Childs Nerv Syst 2004; 20 (11–12) 828-833
