Desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma: Report of a case and review of the literature.

J Pediatr Neurosci

Department of Pathology and Transplant Research Center, Shiraz University of Medical Sciences, Iran.

Published: January 2010

Desmoplastic infantile ganglioglioma (DIG) is a rare supratentorial brain tumor occurring mostly before the age of 2 years. It has a good prognosis and total excision of the tumor is curative, necessitating no further treatment. An accurate pathologic diagnosis is crucial. Until now, <60 cases of this tumor type have been reported. Herein, we report a 3-month-old boy with intractable seizure who was found to have DIG after surgery.

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