J Korean Neurosurg Soc.
1990 Feb;19(2):295-299.
Holocord: Ganglioglioma
- Affiliations
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- 1Department of Neurosurgery, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Korea.
- 2Department of Pathology, Seoul National University Children's Hospital, Korea.
- 3Department of Neurosurgery, College of Medicine, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
Abstract
- Spinal cord ganglioglioma is an extremely rare tumor. Authors present a 6-year old boy who had a holocord ganglioglioma with a long history of kypho-scoliosis. The mass was located entirely in the spinal cord and mixed cystic and solid with variable consistencies. The color was grayish purple-yellow in soft part, and pale yellow-white in scirrhoid part. It was not well demarcated by surrounding normal spinal cord in major parts.
