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Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma Masquerading as an Arachnoid Cyst

Desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma (DIG) is a rare supratentorial brain tumor, which is usually diagnosed before the age of two and has a favorable prognosis. To date, only a few cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case of DIG in a three-month-old boy who presented to our pedia...

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Autores principales: Nepal, Pankaj, Ojili, Vijayanadh, Adhikari, Narendra, Ghimire, Neeta
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: OMJ 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6745420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31555425
http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2019.84
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author Nepal, Pankaj
Ojili, Vijayanadh
Adhikari, Narendra
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description Desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma (DIG) is a rare supratentorial brain tumor, which is usually diagnosed before the age of two and has a favorable prognosis. To date, only a few cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case of DIG in a three-month-old boy who presented to our pediatric emergency department with decreased activity and excessive crying. This case report highlights the computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of this rare tumor. Non-contrast CT scan findings in our case initially masqueraded as an extra-axial arachnoid cyst; however, the MRI findings after contrast agent administration were typical for the diagnosis of DIG.
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spelling pubmed-67454202019-09-25 Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma Masquerading as an Arachnoid Cyst Nepal, Pankaj Ojili, Vijayanadh Adhikari, Narendra Ghimire, Neeta Oman Med J Case Report Desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma (DIG) is a rare supratentorial brain tumor, which is usually diagnosed before the age of two and has a favorable prognosis. To date, only a few cases have been reported in the literature. We report a case of DIG in a three-month-old boy who presented to our pediatric emergency department with decreased activity and excessive crying. This case report highlights the computed tomography (CT) and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) findings of this rare tumor. Non-contrast CT scan findings in our case initially masqueraded as an extra-axial arachnoid cyst; however, the MRI findings after contrast agent administration were typical for the diagnosis of DIG. OMJ 2019-09 /pmc/articles/PMC6745420/ /pubmed/31555425 http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2019.84 Text en The OMJ is Published Bimonthly and Copyrighted 2019 by the OMSB. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC) 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
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title_fullStr Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma Masquerading as an Arachnoid Cyst
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title_short Desmoplastic Infantile Ganglioglioma Masquerading as an Arachnoid Cyst
title_sort desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma masquerading as an arachnoid cyst
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6745420/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31555425
http://dx.doi.org/10.5001/omj.2019.84
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