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.

OBJECTIVES To evaluate the outcome of intraventricular thrombolytic therapy for intraventricular haemorrhage and to formulate a safe and effective regimen. DESIGN Retrospective study. SETTING Regional neurosurgical centre, Hong Kong. PATIENTS Twenty-nine consecutive adult patients who presented from November 1995 to November 1998 with non-traumatic intraventricular haemorrhage (Graeb scor...

Intraventricular schwannoma is an exceedingly rare tumour with only 6 cases described in the literature. One case of a cystic intraventricular schwannoma operated on at our Institution is analyzed and the other cases reported in the literature are reviewed. Complete removal was achieved and no recurrence was noted after a follow-up period of 10 years. Intraventricular schwannomas are rare tumou...

Abstract INTRODUCTION Myxoid glioneuronal tumor, PDGFRA p. K385-mutant (MGNT) is a recently described central nervous system tumor entity typically arising from the septum pellucidum and molecularly defined by mutation of oncogene. The clinically benign, can be disseminated at presentation managed surgical resection with or without adjuvant therapy (Chemotherapy / Radiation). CASE REPORT: 16yr ...

BACKGROUND Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) has been used predominantly in the pediatric population in the past. Application in the adult population has been less extensive, even in large neurosurgical centers. To our knowledge, this report is one of the largest adult ETV series reported and has the consistency of being performed at 1 center. OBJECTIVE To determine the efficacy, safety,...