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Neurocytoma in the central nervous system: a case report

The case of a six years old female with intracranial hypertension is reported. After neuro-radiological examination which showed a frontal expansive process at the right side of the brain the patient was operated and died during this intervention. The hystopathological examination of the part of the tissue removed from the tumor revealed a neurocytoma, a rare tumor of the central nervous system.


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