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[Congenital fibrolipoma of the mesencephalic protuberation area]
A Larnaout1, F Hentati, C Ben Hamida
1Institut national de neurologie, La Rabta, Tunis, Tunisie.
Abstract
Background:
Congenital origin of brain fibrolipoma is still debated. A case of such a tumor is presented.
Case Report:
A female newborn presented with severe hypotonia and macrocephaly that were seen since birth. She died at the age of 2 days. Post-mortem examination showed hydrocephaly due to a tumor located in the mesencephalo-protuberantial region. Histological features of this tumor were those of a fibrolipoma.
Conclusion:
The presence of this brainstem tumor at birth confirms its congenital origin.