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ArticleCureus2025

Mixed Glioneural Tumors Mimicking Gliomas: Two Cases From a Tertiary Care Institute in South India and a Literature Review.

Narendhar Gokulanathan, Prashanth Gokulanathan, Nirmal Bharathi, P Subburam

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Article in Cureus, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Narendhar GokulanathanMedical Oncology, Apollo Hospitals, Bangalore, IND.
Prashanth GokulanathanAnesthesiology and Critical Care, Melmaruvathur Adhiparasakthi Institute of Medical Sciences, Melmaruvathur, IND.
Nirmal BharathiCritical Care Medicine, Orthomed Hospital, Chennai, IND.
P SubburamNeurological Surgery, Mahatma Brain and Spine Centre, Madurai, IND.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Glioneuronal tumours are rare neural neoplasms that show differentiation and are usually low-grade. Unlike gliomas, they do not require aggressive management, and diagnosing and differentiating between these two entities is crucial to determining the treatment paradigm of this disease. Surgery is the treatment of choice for glioneuronal tumours, and the role of adjuvant treatment still needs to be fleshed out. These two cases, involving a six-year-old female child and a 35-year-old male patient, highlight the need to be cautious while differentiating these entities from their equivalents with poorer prognoses. They both underwent surgery followed by adjuvant radiation, with subsequent neuroimaging at regular intervals. Both patients were devoid of neurological complaints at the time of follow-up. These cases and literature review delve into the minutiae of clinical manifestations, histopathological characteristics, various modalities of treatment, and treatment outcomes of glioneuromas.

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brain tumorschemotherapyepilepsygliomasglioneuromasneurooncologyneurosurgeryoncologyradiationradiotherapy

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PMID40013208
PMCPMC11864565

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