Cerebellar liponeurocytoma - Case report and review of the literature

Cerebellar liponeurocytoma is a rare tumor of the posterior fossa that has many morphological similarities to medulloblastoma. and neurocytoma. Recent ly the World Health Organization working group for classification of centra l nervous system neoplasms adopted the term "cerebellar liponeurocytoma" to provide a unified nomenclature for a tumor variously labeled in the litera ture as lipomatous medulloblastoma, lipidized medulloblastoma, medullocytom a, neurolipocytoma, lipomatous glioneurocytoma, and lipidized mature neuroe ctodermal tumor of the cerebellum. The rarity of this tumor and paucity of pertinent information regarding its biological potential and natural histor y have resulted in the application of various treatment modalities. It is s uggested in the available literature that these lesions have a much more fa vorable prognosis than typical medulloblastomas, and that adjuvant therapy for liponeurocytoma need not be as extensive as that administered for medul loblastomas.