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Ganglioglioma is the most frequent of the neuronal-glial [[CNS]] neoplasms. It is a rare disease that tends to affect children and young adults. Ganglioglioma affects male and female equally. | Ganglioglioma is the most frequent of the neuronal-glial [[CNS]] neoplasms. It is a rare disease that tends to affect children, adolescents, and young adults. Ganglioglioma affects male and female equally. | ||
==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ==Epidemiology and Demographics== | ||
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]Associate Editor(s)-in-Chief: Sujit Routray, M.D. [2]
Overview
Ganglioglioma is the most frequent of the neuronal-glial CNS neoplasms. It is a rare disease that tends to affect children, adolescents, and young adults. Ganglioglioma affects male and female equally.
Epidemiology and Demographics
Prevalence
Ganglioglioma accounts for around 2% of all primary intracranial tumors, and up to 10% of primary cerebral tumors in children.[1]
Age
Ganglioglioma is a rare disease that tends to affect children, adolescents, and young adults.
Gender
Ganglioglioma affects men and women equally.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Epidemiology of ganglioglioma. Dr Henry Knipe and Dr Frank Gaillard et al. Radiopaedia 2015. http://radiopaedia.org/articles/ganglioglioma