학술논문

Cerebellar liponeurocytoma: a newly recognized clinico-pathological entity
Document Type
article
Source
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria. September 2002 60(3B)
Subject
liponeurocytoma
medulloblastoma
adipose tissue
mixed tumour
Language
English
ISSN
0004-282X
Abstract
The term "cerebellar liponeurocytoma", recently adopted by the World Health Organization Working Group (WHO), replaced many other different terms used up to now to give name to this rare tumor. To our knowledge, less than 20 cases have been related up to now under different names like as "lipomatous medulloblastoma, lipidized medulloblastoma, neurolipocytoma, medullocytoma and lipomatous glioneurocytoma". The new nomenclature eliminates the word "medulloblastoma", reinforces its benign caracter, and includes it in the category of glioneuronal tumors. We describe an adictional case of this distinct clinico-pathological entity removed from the right cerebellar hemisphere of a 53-year-old woman. With the present case report, we hope to contribute to the knowledge on the diagnostic and prognostic implications derived from the finding of mature adipose-like tissue within a medulloblastomatous tumour.