Affiliations: Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Dokuz
Eylül University, İzmir, Türkiye | Department of Pathology, School of Medicine, Dokuz
Eylül University, İzmir, Türkiye
Note: [] Correspondence: Dr. Nurullah Yüceer, Department of
Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Dokuz Eylül University, Balcova, 35340
İzmir, Türkiye. Tel.: +90 312 412 3306; Fax: +90 312 278 8802;
E-mail: nyuceer@hotmail.com, nurullah.yuceer@deu.edu.tr
Abstract: The authors report a child with a cerebellar ganglioglioma and large
cyst. An 8-year-old boy presented with headache and ataxia. Computerized
tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) studies demonstrated a large
cystic component associated with intense contrast enhancement of a mural nodule
in the left cerebellar hemisphere. A preoperative diagnosis of cystic
astrocytoma was made. The tumor was removed via a midline suboccipital
approach. Pathological examination of the tumor specimen revealed a
ganglioglioma. The postoperative course was uneventful. There was no tumor
recurrence on repeat MRI. At most recent follow-up, the patient was well.
Although rare, cerebellar cystic gangliogliomas should be included in the
differential diagnosis of posterior fossa tumors.
Keywords: Cerebellum, childhood, ganglioglioma, magnetic resonance imaging, surgery
