glioneuronal tumor of brain and spine with neuropil island. – pro
This new cancer was recently added as a novel lesion in the most recent update of the World Health Organization classification of tumors of the central nervous system in 2007. Since this tumor’s initial description, approximately 28 cases of GTNI have been published. As of 2013 37 cases had been described.
Poliani PL et al, Spinal glioneuronal tumor with neuropil-like islands and meningeal dissemination: histopathological and radiological study of a pediatric case.Neuropathology. 2009 Oct;29(5):574-8.
Serra SM et al, Disseminated glioneuronal tumor with neuropil-like islands of the spinal cord: a distinctive entity.World Neurosurg. 2013 Nov;80(5):655.e1-5.
Serra SM, Dabdoub CB, da Cunha AH, Salazar B, Lima TP, Azevedo-Filho HC.Disseminated glioneuronal tumor with neuropil-like islands of the spinal cord: a distinctive entity. World Neurosurg. 2013 Nov;80(5):655.e1-5