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Supratentorial and cerebellar liponeurocytomas: report of four cases with review of literature

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Liponeurocytoma is not exclusive to the cerebellar or fourth ventricular location. Since its inclusion in the central nervous system tumor classification in 2000, six cases with similar radiological, histomorphological and immunohistochemical features have also been described in the lateral ventricles. In the present study, we report clinical, radiological and pathological findings of three supratentorial and one cerebellar liponeurocytoma from our records, evaluated with an extensive panel of immunohistochemistry, and review published cases in the literature. The immunohistochemical pattern of supratentorial and infratentorial liponeurocytomas are almost identical, which indicates that these tumors are homologous.

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  1. Department of Neuropathology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore, 560 029, Karnataka, India

    Shrijeet Chakraborti, Anita Mahadevan, Aparna Govindan, T. C. Yasha, Vani Santosh & S. K. Shankar

  2. Department of Neuroimaging & Interventional Radiology, National Institute of Mental Health & Neurosciences, Bangalore, 560 029, Karnataka, India

    Jerry M. E. Kovoor

  3. Department of Neurosurgery, Voluntary Health Services, Chennai, 600 113, Tamil Nadu, India

    Ravi Ramamurthi

  4. Department of Neurosurgery, Government Medical College, Kozhikode, 673 008, Kerala, India

    Jacob P. Alapatt

  5. Department of Neurosurgery, Narayana Institute of Neurosciences, Bangalore, 560 099, Karnataka, India

    T. Hedge

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Chakraborti, S., Mahadevan, A., Govindan, A. et al. Supratentorial and cerebellar liponeurocytomas: report of four cases with review of literature. J Neurooncol 103, 121–127 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11060-010-0361-z

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