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Development of ganglioglioma in computed tomography

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A 2-year computed tomographic progress investigation in a young, female patient with a history of attacks over several years with final histological verification of ganglioglioma is presented. Although there are evidently no absolute pathognomonic signs of this rare intracranial tumor in the CT scan, together with the age of the patient, the tumor localization and the clinical history, CT findings can suggest the tentative diagnosis of a ganglioglioma pre-operatively. The case communicated here is so far the only one in the scanty CT literature on gangliogliomas in which the space-occupying development of this tumor (it was mainly cystic) could be exactly documented.

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  1. Department of Neurosurgery, Surgical Clinic, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, FRG

    T. Rommel & J. Hamer

  2. Neurochirurgische Klinik Städtische Krankenanstalten, Ostmerheimer Straße, D-5000, Köln-Merheim, Federal Republic of Germany

    T. Rommel

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Rommel, T., Hamer, J. Development of ganglioglioma in computed tomography. Neuroradiology 24, 237–239 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00399779

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