Central Versus Extraventricular Neurocytoma in Children: A Clinicopathologic Comparison and Review of the Literature.

Background: Central neurocytomas (CN) are rare pediatric CNS tumors most often with a benign clinical course. Occasionally, these tumors occur outside the ventricles and are called extraventricular neurocytomas (EVN). We present a retrospective institutional analysis of children with neurocytoma with prolonged follow-up.