Ventricular enlargement in pediatric TBI is a common observation in clinical practice, yet volumetric studies of ventricle volume are sparse. In this study, MRIs and neuropsychological testing were performed on children who had sustained a traumatic brain injury (n=38) and control children (n=34) between the ages of six and eighteen years. Children with traumatic brain injury (mean GCS=9.0) wer...

Subependymomas of the lateral ventricles are rare tumors. We present two patients with subependymomas of the lateral ventricle, who underwent gross total resection of the tumor via transcallosal approach. The patient, with increased Ki-67 labeling index had recurrence of tumor two years after the initial operation. We emphasize at the risk of recurrence which is probably correlated with Ki-67 l...

The choroid plexus of the fourth ventricle consists of two symmetrical parts located in the roof of the ventricle and protruding through its openings, the foramina of Luschka and Magendie. The arteries supplying the choroid plexus of the fourth ventricle are difficult to approach because of their deep location within the cerebellopontine angles and the cerebellomedullary fissure. They originate...

Many articles have been published concerning the interpretations of conventional pneumographic roentgenograms outlining the cerebral ventricles in both normal and abnormal situations. This study concerns the use of planigraphy in studying the ventricular system and subarachnoid spaces, and the present communication is the second dealing with the visualization of the fourth ventricle and adjacen...

Xanthogranulomas of the choroid plexus are discovered incidentally on autopsy in 1.6 to 7% of cases, and are typically found in the lateral ventricles. Very rarely, however, they can become symptomatic because of obstruction of the ventricular system, and these tend to be found in the third ventricle. There has only been one published case of fourth ventricle choroid plexus xanthogranuloma. We ...

Introduction: Orexin A is a hypothalamic neuropeptide, widely distributed in many parts of the central nervous system and perhaps due to this reason, this neuropeptide is involved in many physiological functions. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of lateral cereberoventricular injection of orexin A on distance, velocity and swimming time in rats. The results were analyzed...

Abullet located in the interventricular septum is shown in frontal (A) and right lateral (B) chest radiography and in an echocardiogram (C; RA indicates right atrium; RV, right ventricle; LA, left atrium; and LV, left ventricle. Superior white arrow, labeled BULLET, shows the bullet located at the interventricular septum). It is from a 37-year-old policeman who was shot while on duty. The bulle...

Citation: GENC A, Kasapoglu B. Meningiomas of the Third Ventricle in Childhood. Neurosurg. 2016, 1:2. Intraventricular meningiomas are rare and relatively more often seen in children. Most often, these arise from the lateral ventricular walls. On the other hand, meningiomas of the third ventricle are extremely unusual and difficult to diagnose [1]. Those meningiomas arising in the third ventric...

A case of tumor embolism of the coronary artery in a 78-year-old woman was presented. The tumor embolus originating from cancer of the breast resulted in massive large myocardial infarction in the lateral wall of the left ventricle, and she died of cardiac rupture. Metastatic lesions were found in the bilateral lungs, the endocardial and subendocardial layers of the left ventricle, with a growt...