Cerebellar liponeurocytoma: a newly recognized clinico-pathological entity

Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria

Nádia Montagna²  Daniel Moreira²  Luiz Carlos Vaz¹  Marcelo Reis¹ 

[1],Rio de Janeiro State University Department of Pathology Rio de Janeiro RJ ,Brazil

关键词: liponeurocytoma;    medulloblastoma;    adipose tissue;    mixed tumour;    liponeurocitoma;    meduloblastoma;    tecido adiposo;    tumor misto;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0004-282X2002000500008

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

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.

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