Atypical MRI appearance of desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma (original) (raw)

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We report the atypical MRI features and histopathological findings of a desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma in an 8-year-old girl. The mass was predominantly solid with a large, solid, non-enhancing exophytic component. The adjacent brain showed cortical necrosis and white-matter gliosis, suggesting earlier hypoxia.

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  1. Department of Radiology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, 695011, India
    Chandrasekharan Kesavadas, Hemant Sonwalker, Bejoy Thomas & Arun Kumar Gupta
  2. Department of Pathology, Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Trivandrum, 695011, India
    Vishnupuri Venkatraman Radhakrishnan

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Kesavadas, C., Sonwalker, H., Thomas, B. et al. Atypical MRI appearance of desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma.Pediatr Radiol 35, 1024–1026 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00247-005-1497-4

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