Cerebellar liponeurocytoma: a newly recognized clinico-pathological entity

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 &...

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Published inArquivos de neuro-psiquiatria Vol. 60; no. 3-B; pp. 725 - 729
Main Authors Montagna, Nádia, Moreira, Daniel, Vaz, Luiz Carlos, Reis, Marcelo
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Brazil Academia Brasileira de Neurologia - ABNEURO 01.09.2002
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Cerebellar Neoplasms - pathology
Female
Humans
Lipoma - pathology
Middle Aged
Neurocytoma - pathology
NEUROSCIENCES
Prognosis
PSYCHIATRY
Terminology as Topic
meduloblastoma
tecido adiposo
liponeurocytoma
medulloblastoma
mixed tumour
adipose tissue
liponeurocitoma
tumor misto
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Summary: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 character, and includes it in the category of glioneuronal tumors. We describe an addictional 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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ISSN:0004-282X
1678-4227
0004-282X
DOI:10.1590/S0004-282X2002000500008