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Anaplastic ganglioglioma:
*Brisk mitotic activity
*Necrosis
====IHC====
*Neurons:
**[[MAP2]] +ve
**Synaptophysin +ve
***Perikaryal surface immunoreactivity for synaptophysin.<ref name="pmid8246055">{{cite journal |authors=Lang FF, Epstein FJ, Ransohoff J, Allen JC, Wisoff J, Abbott IR, Miller DC |title=Central nervous system gangliogliomas. Part 2: Clinical outcome |journal=J. Neurosurg. |volume=79 |issue=6 |pages=867–73 |date=Decemb...
***This is however also seen in reactive changes.<ref name="pmid9591724">{{cite journal |authors=Quinn B |title=Synaptophysin staining in normal brain: importance for diagnosis of ganglioglioma |journal=Am. J. Surg. Pathol. |volume=22 |issue=5 |pages=550–6 |date=May 1998 |pmid=9591724 |doi=10.1097/00000478-199805000-00...
** Neurofilament +ve
** Chromogranin +ve
*Glia:
**CD34+/-ve
*BRAF V600E +ve (approx. 25%, mainly ganglion cells).
*MAP2: usu. absent.
*MIB-1 (low, but resembles proliferative tumor component).
====Molecular====
*BRAF V600E-mutated(approx. 25%).<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Schindler | first1 = G. | last2 = Capper | first2 = D. | last3 = Meyer | first3 = J. | last4 = Janzarik | first4 = W. | last5 = Omran | first5 = H. | last6 = Herold-Mende | first6 = C. | last7 = Schmieder | first7 = K. | last8 = Wesseling | first8 = P. | l...
**BRAF V600E antibody stains especially neuronal cells.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Koelsche | first1 = C. | last2 = Wöhrer | first2 = A. | last3 = Jeibmann | first3 = A. | last4 = Schittenhelm | first4 = J. | last5 = Schindler | first5 = G. | last6 = Preusser | first6 = M. | last7 = Lasitschka | first7 = F. | last8 ...
*IDH1/2 wt.
*No 1p/19q codeletion.
*Usu. Chr. 7 gain.
*Rare cases with KIAA1459-BRAF fusion.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Pekmezci | first1 = M. | last2 = Villanueva-Meyer | first2 = JE. | last3 = Goode | first3 = B. | last4 = Van Ziffle | first4 = J. | last5 = Onodera | first5 = C. | last6 = Grenert | first6 = JP. | last7 = Bastian | first7 = BC. | last8 = Chamyan | fir...
** DDx: consider pilocytic astrocytoma with ganglioglioma component. <ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Mesturoux | first1 = L. | last2 = Durand | first2 = K. | last3 = Pommepuy | first3 = I. | last4 = Robert | first4 = S. | last5 = Caire | first5 = F. | last6 = Labrousse | first6 = F. | title = Molecular Analysis of Tumor...
*CDKN2A deletions, ATRX loss and TERT promotor mutations in anaplastic ganglioglioma.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Zanello | first1 = M. | last2 = Pages | first2 = M. | last3 = Tauziède-Espariat | first3 = A. | last4 = Saffroy | first4 = R. | last5 = Puget | first5 = S. | last6 = Lacroix | first6 = L. | last7 = Dezami...
**DD: consider anaplastic astrocytoma with piloid features (similiar molecular profile).<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Reinhardt | first1 = A. | last2 = Stichel | first2 = D. | last3 = Schrimpf | first3 = D. | last4 = Sahm | first4 = F. | last5 = Korshunov | first5 = A. | last6 = Reuss | first6 = DE. | last7 = Koelsche...
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*H3F3A wildtype.
**DDx: consider [[Diffuse hemispheric glioma, H3 G34-mutant]] (rare cases may contain dysplastic ganglion cells).<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Andreiuolo | first1 = F. | last2 = Lisner | first2 = T. | last3 = Zlocha | first3 = J. | last4 = Kramm | first4 = C. | last5 = Koch | first5 = A. | last6 = Bison | first6 = B. ...
*Rare cases with co-occurrence of K27M mutation.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Pagès | first1 = M. | last2 = Beccaria | first2 = K. | last3 = Boddaert | first3 = N. | last4 = Saffroy | first4 = R. | last5 = Besnard | first5 = A. | last6 = Castel | first6 = D. | last7 = Fina | first7 = F. | last8 = Barets | first8 = D. ...
===Images===
<gallery>
File:Ganglioglioma lymphocytic cuffing PAS.jpg | Lymphocytic cuffing in ganglioglioma (WC/jensflorian)
File:Ganglioglioma calcification.jpg | Calcification in ganglioglioma (WC/jensflorian)
File:Ganglioglioma Cd34 x200.jpg | CD34 immunostain in ganglioglioma (WC/jensflorian)
File:Anaplastic ganglioglioma HE.jpg | Pleomorphic ganglion cells in ganglioglioma (WC/jensflorian)
</gallery>
==Prognosis==
*Very good (10-year OS: 97%)
*Primary treatment: surgery.
**Seizure free outcome: 81%.
**Incomplete resection as major factor for persisting epilepsia.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Devaux | first1 = B. | last2 = Chassoux | first2 = F. | last3 = Landré | first3 = E. | last4 = Turak | first4 = B. | last5 = Laurent | first5 = A. | last6 = Zanello | first6 = M. | last7 = Mellerio | first7 = C. | last8 = Var...
====DDx:====
*[[DNT]].
*[[Oligodendroglioma]].
*[[PXA]].
*Desmoplastic infantile astrocytoma and ganglioglioma.
*Cortical tuber.
*Trapped cortical neurons in diffuse astrocytoma.
*Papillary glioneuronal tumor.
==See also==
*[[Neuropathology tumours]].
*[[Pilocytic Astrocytoma]].
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
[[Category:Diagnosis]]
[[Category:Neuropathology tumours]]
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'''Hemangioblastoma''' is a low grade [[brain tumour]] tumour typically found the [[cerebellum]].