| Literature DB >> 28979624 |
Fayçal Abbad1, Souad Sellami1, Fe Hazmiri1, Najat El Idriss Ganouni2, Said Ait Benali3, Mouna Khouchani4, Hanane Rais1.
Abstract
Central neurocytomas are defined as neoplasms composed of round, uniform cells, with neural immunophenotypic profile and low proliferation index. They account for 0.5% of intracranial tumors. They usually occur near the foramen of Monro and can cause obstructive hydrocephaly. We conducted a retrospective data collection from records of 12 patients with central neurocytomas in the Anatomopathological Laboratory at the Mohammed VI University Hospital, Marrakech, between January 2006 and June 2015. This study aimed to report and describe the radiopathological features of this rare histologic type. The male/female sex-ratio was 1.4. The average age at diagnosis was 22.3 years. The revealing symptomatology was dominated by intracranial hypertension associated with decreased visual acuity and diplopia in all patients. Our study concerned about simple biopsy in one case, subtotal resection in seven cases and total resection in four cases. Histopathological examination showed tumor proliferation with endocrine architecture. Tumor cells are more often small and uniform. Mitotic index was low. Tumor proliferation was associated with fibrillary fundus and vascular network with three types of trees. Immunohistochemical examination was identical in all patients. It showed tumor cells positive for anti-synaptophysin antibodies, chromogranine and NSE. In all patients the radio-pathologic correlation suggested central neurocytoma (grade II - WHO 2016). This study highlights the anatomo-clinical, radiological and evolutionary features of these rare tumors.Entities:
Keywords: Central neurocytoma; histopathology; radiology
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Year: 2017 PMID: 28979624 PMCID: PMC5622832 DOI: 10.11604/pamj.2017.27.222.12016
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Pan Afr Med J
Caractéristiques cliniques et thérapeutiques de notre série
| Numéro de patient | Age (ans) | Sexe | Symptomatologie clinique initiale | Resection chirurgicaleTotale/ subtotale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 | F | HTIC baisse de l’acuité visuelle œdème papillaire | Biopsie simple | |
| 21 | H | HTIC, Ataxie, Hémiparésie droite, baisse de l’acuité visuelle | Subtotale | |
| 28 | F | HTIC, Hypotonie febrile | Subtotale | |
| 21 | H | HTIC | Subtotale | |
| 18 | F | HTIC, diplopie binoculaire | totale | |
| 22 | F | HTIC, baisse de l’acuité visuelle | Subtotale | |
| 25 | H | HTIC | Subtotale | |
| 18 | H | HTIC | Totale | |
| 23 | F | HTIC | Subtotale | |
| 27 | F | HTIC | Subtotale | |
| 17 | H | HTIC | Totale | |
| 24 | F | HTIC | Totale |
Figure 1IRM en séquence T1 après gadolinium en montrant un neurocytome central du corps du ventricule latéral
caractéristiques tomodensitométriques de notre série
| Densité | Calcifications | PDC | Hydrocéphalie | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| isodense | hyperdense | + | + | + | |
| 4 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 6 | |
caractéristiques à l’imagerie par résonance magnétique de la série
| Signal | Topographie | Insertion | Extension | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hétérogene/ bulle de savon | Kystique | hémoragie | PDC | VLD | VLG | septum | Latéral | plancher | V3 | V4 | Extra-ventricuaire |
| 7 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 |
Figure 2Prolifération tumorale d’architecture endocrinoïde faites de cellules arrondies au cytoplasme clair (Hématéine Eosine x20)
Figure 3Expression cytoplasmique intense et diffuse des cellules tumorales à l’anticorps anti-Synaptophysine (Hématéine Eosine x20)
Figure 4Expression cytoplasmique intense et diffuse des cellules tumorales à l’anticorps anti-Neuron Specific Enolase (Hématéine Eosine x20)