Central Neurocytoma in a Teenager, a Rare Cause of Hemiplegia, and a Diagnostic Dilemma in a Resource-Poor Setting

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Showing (H&E 100x) a tumor composed of cords and single files of monotonous round cells, with clear cytoplasm and a central nucleus with stippled (salt and pepper) chromatin ((a) blue arrow). There is an intervening fibrillary matrix and a thin fine-branching capillary network ((c) blue arrowhead). (b) Areas with microcysts (black star) and microcalcifications (orange arrows). (d) A rare pseudoperivascular rosette (pineocytomatous rosette)-like formation (pseudo palisading of lesional cells around a central vessel) (black arrowhead).

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