James P Campbell1, Daniel Pieper2. 1. Department of Neurosurgery, Providence Hospital and Medical Center, 16001 W 9 Mile Rd, Southfield, MI, 48075, USA. docjaymz@aol.com. 2. Department of Neurosurgery, William Beaumont Hospital, 3601 W 13 Mile Rd, Royal Oak, MI, 48073, USA.
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.
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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Keywords:
Central neurocytoma; Cerebral aqueduct; Fourth ventricle; Posterior third ventricle
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