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Published in: Child's Nervous System 7/2013

01-07-2013 | Case Report

Third ventricle, cerebral aqueduct, and fourth ventricle mixed ependymal neurocytoma: a case report and review of the literature

Authors: James P. Campbell, Daniel Pieper

Published in: Child's Nervous System | Issue 7/2013

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Abstract

Purpose

A case report of an 8-year-old female who underwent interhemispheric transcallosal approach to the third ventricle, cerebral aqueduct, and fourth ventricle for resection of a mixed ependymal neurocytoma and review of the literature was evaluated.

Methods

An Ovid MEDLINE review of the literature was conducted starting in 1946 to current using search terms as described in our keywords.

Results

A total of 16 neurocytoma have been described in the literature as either posterior third ventricle or posterior fossa in origin. Of these lesions, five have been described as mixed glial–neuronal and all of these were located in the fourth ventricle. To our knowledge, this is the first described mixed glial–neuronal tumor located in the posterior third ventricle and aqueduct.
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Metadata
Title
Third ventricle, cerebral aqueduct, and fourth ventricle mixed ependymal neurocytoma: a case report and review of the literature
Authors
James P. Campbell
Daniel Pieper
Publication date
01-07-2013
Publisher
Springer-Verlag
Published in
Child's Nervous System / Issue 7/2013
Print ISSN: 0256-7040
Electronic ISSN: 1433-0350
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/s00381-013-2064-1

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