Ganglioglioma
| Ganglioglioma | |
|---|---|
| Other names | Gangliocytoma |
| Dysplastic cerebellar ganglioglioma (Lhermitte–Duclos disease) | |
| Specialty | Neuro-oncology |
| Usual onset | Usually childhood to young adulthood |
| Treatment | Primarily surgery |
| Prognosis | >90% five-year survival rate among children |
A ganglioglioma is a rare, slow-growing primary central nervous system (CNS) tumor which most frequently occurs in the temporal lobes of children and young adults. They are mixed cell tumors containing both neural ganglionic cells and neural glial cell components. This should not be confused with a gangliocytoma (ganglion cell tumor) which is composed of neurons of variable sizes but contains no glial cells.