Case Report: Unusual High-Grade Diffuse Leptomeningeal Glioneuronal Tumor Mimicking Tuberculous Meningitis in a Child From an Endemic Region

Case Report: Unusual High-Grade Diffuse Leptomeningeal Glioneuronal Tumor Mimicking Tuberculous Meningitis in a Child From an Endemic Region

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Background: Diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumor (DL-GNT) is a new entity described in the 2016 World Health Organization (WHO) classification of brain tumors. While DL-GNT is predominantly an indolent tumor that affects young boys, high-grade DL-GNT is unusual and seldom reported in children.C...

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Main Authors: Yong Guang Teh, Nornazirah Azizan, Nur Atifah Mohd Naim, Chiak Yot Ng, Ke Juin Wong, Faizah Mohd Zaki
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-12-01
Series:Frontiers in Pediatrics
Subjects:
diffuse leptomeningeal glioneuronal tumor
MR spectroscopy
imaging
tuberculosis
meningitis
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fped.2021.767614/full

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