Ganglioglioma of the optic chiasm: Case report and review of the literature

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Shuangshoti, S
Kirsch, E
Bannan, P
Fabian, VA
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[1] Royal Perth Hosp, Dept Neuropathol, Perth, WA 6001, Australia
[2] Royal Perth Hosp, Dept Radiol, Perth, WA 6001, Australia
[3] Royal Perth Hosp, Dept Surg, Perth, WA 6001, Australia
[4] Chulalongkorn Univ, Fac Med, Dept Pathol, Bangkok 10330, Thailand
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We report a case of a hypothalamic chiasmatic ganglioglioma in a 21-year-old woman who presented with hyperprolactinemia and developed visual field defects. This circumscribed cystic lesion with an enhancing mural nodule was radiologically indistinguishable from a pilocytic astrocytoma. Although rare, gangliogliomas should be included in the differential diagnosis of lesions occurring in this area of the brain.
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