Intraventricular Tumors

Wiki Textbook of Paediatric Neurosurgery Intraventricular brain tumors in children

Rigid endoscopic resection of deep-seated or intraventricular brain tumors.

Rigid endoscopic resection using a thick sheath (ViewSite) may be a viable method for the resection or biopsy of selected deep-seated brain tumors, such as thalamic gliomas and malignant lymphomas. Neuroendoscopic biopsy is one technique used for the histological verification of suspected brain tumors. There are a number of advantages to using this technique. For example, under direct vision, i...

Neuroendoscopic Resection of Intraventricular Tumors: A Systematic Outcomes Analysis

Introduction. Though traditional microsurgical techniques are the gold standard for intraventricular tumor resection, the morbidity and invasiveness of microsurgical approaches to the ventricular system have galvanized interest in neuroendoscopic resection. We present a systematic review of the literature to provide a better understanding of the virtues and limitations of endoscopic tumor resec...

Intracranial intraventricular tumors: long-term surgical outcome of 25 patients.

BACKGROUND/AIM The aim of this paper is to provide the long-term surgical outcome of patients with intracranial intraventricular tumors. MATERIALS AND METHODS Twenty-five patients operated on for intraventricular tumors between June 1999 and June 2014 are reviewed. Data from before, during, and after surgery were obtained from the patients' files and patients were followed regularly after sur...

Intraventricular angiolipoma.

We report a case of 50-year-old man who was presented with recurrent episodes of left sided hemiparesis. CT scan and MRI brain revealed a large intraventricular fatty lesion. Histopathological examination showed a picture of angiolipoma.