Neoplasms and (non-neoplastic) focal dysplasias may coexist as a cause of seizures in both the developing and mature brain. Low grade neoplastic lesions (ganglioglioma/gangliocytoma) may present with seizures, and distinction of these lesions from focal cortial dysplasia is difficult on standard radiological imaging. We report a 24-year-old man who had complaints of tonic-clonic seizures for on...

Gangliocytoma of the pituitary gland is a rare lesion that often occurs in combination with pituitary adenomas and the exact origin is the subject of discussion. We report a rare case of an intrasellar mass of combined gangliocytoma/ pituitary adenoma coexistent with Rathke's cleft cyst. A 50-year-old female was admitted to our hospital with headache, mild acromegaly, and bitemporal hemianopsia...

BACKGROUND Acromegaly secondary to growth hormone-releasing hormone (GHRH) excess is rare. AIMS/CASE DESCRIPTION We report two patients with acromegaly who were diagnosed with sellar gangliocytomas that were immunopositive for GHRH. Tumour tissue persisted after debulking surgery and in the second case this was associated with persistent growth hormone hypersecretion, successfully suppressed ...

We present a case of an extensive cervicothoracic gangliocytoma in an asymptomatic 9-year-old boy with progressive scoliosis. MR findings were that of a moderately enhancing cervicothoracic intramedullary mass, which throughout most of its length could not be distinguished from the normal spinal cord.

Dysplastic nevus is an acquired or hereditary nevus that clinically seems atypical and pathohistologically dysplastic. The term of dysplastic nevus has changed through history and even until now the dermatologists and pathologists have not found the same conclusion for name and definition of dysplastic nevus. Epidemiology of dysplastic nevus is different depending on geographic lattitude, being...