ANAPLASTIC GANGLIOGLIOMA - CASE-REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE LITERATURE

A 10-year-old girl underwent radical decompression of a right temporal tumour extending to the insular cortex which proved to be a different iated ganglioglioma. One year later, she presented with a bleeding rig ht frontal tumour extending to the insula, the histology of which show ed it to be the anaplastic variant of ganglioglioma. She underwent pos toperative radiotherapy but died 6 months after the second operation. Anaplastic ganglioglioma is a rare variant of ganglioglioma and progre ssion of the latter to anaplastic ganglioglioma is an extremely rare o ccurrence. The literature regarding ganglioglioma is reviewed.