Glial choristoma |
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Authors: | Bajaj P Shubha B S Agarwal K Aggarwal C |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Pathology, Lady Hardinge Medical College & Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital, 110001 New Delhi, India;(2) Department of Pathology, Kalawati Saran Children’s Hospital, New Delhi, India |
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Abstract: | Glial choristoma is a developmental malformation of heterotopic central nervous tissue with limited growth potential. It is
considered to be one of the very rare choristomatous lesions involving the oral cavity. This report details the morphological
characteristics of glial choristoma arising from the palate in a newborn. Bulk of the tissue comprised of mature neuroglial
tissue with astrocytes representing developing brain, cystic spaces lined by cuboidal epithelium indicating ependymal layer.
Clinical features, associated malformations and histomorphology of this lesion is discussed. |
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Keywords: | Glial choristoma Oral cavity Newborn |
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