| Literature DB >> 24470825 |
Pankaj Gupta1, Kushaljit Singh Sodhi1, Sandeep Mohindra2, Akshay Kumar Saxena1, Ashim Das3, Niranjan Khandelwal1.
Abstract
Choroid plexus papilloma (CPP) represents an uncommon pediatric brain tumor with an overall incidence less than 1% of all intracranial tumors. Most of these tumors occur in the lateral ventricles in neonates. Third ventricular location is uncommon, limited to a few case reports. These highly vascular tumors retain the physiological function of choroid plexus and thus lead to overproduction of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF), besides obstructing the CSF pathway. Imaging is fairly sensitive and specific in affording the diagnosis of this tumor. Surgical approaches differ according to the site of tumor and aim is complete removal of tumor. We present an interesting report of an infant who presented to our department for cranial sonography that lead to suspicion of this tumor, later confirmed by other imaging modalities and histopathology.Entities:
Keywords: Choroid plexus papilloma; cranial sonography; third ventricular tumors
Year: 2013 PMID: 24470825 PMCID: PMC3888048 DOI: 10.4103/1817-1745.123696
Source DB: PubMed Journal: J Pediatr Neurosci ISSN: 1817-1745