Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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3042530 | Clinical Neurology and Neurosurgery | 2006 | 6 Pages |
Abstract
A glioblastoma presenting as a solitary third ventricle mass is exceptional.Case descriptionWe report the case of a 29-year-old woman who lost consciousness, was taken to hospital and referred a previous history of depression and diabetes insipidus. Magnetic resonance imaging study revealed a heterogeneous anterior third ventricle mass with ring enhancement after contrast administration. It was approached and subtotally resected by a transcortical-transventricular route and histological diagnosis proved it to be a glioblastoma. There are only two other similar well-described cases and another nine have been previously reported in surgical series of high grade gliomas and glioblastomas. The possible origin of this lesion is discussed.
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R. Prieto, J.M. Pascual, J.M. Roda,