Symptomatic subependymoma in a 14-year-old girl, diagnosed by NMR scan.

Abstract

Symptomatic subependymomas in the pediatric age group are rare. A 14-year-old girl with a IV ventricle subependymoma is described. She had a 2-month history of progressive headache, neck stiffness and nausea. Computed tomography revealed hydrocephalus for which a ventriculoperitoneal shunt was inserted. A nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) scan later displayed a mass lesion in the roof of the IV ventricle. A suboccipital craniectomy was performed with total excision of a subependymoma.

• Authors: I H Kalfas, J F Hahn
• Journal: Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery (Childs Nerv Syst) Vol. 2 Issue 1 Pg. 44-6 ( 1986) ISSN: 0256-7040 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 3731163 (Publication Type: Case Reports, Journal Article)

Topics

• Adolescent
• Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms (diagnostic imaging, pathology, surgery)
• Female
• Glioma (diagnosis, pathology, surgery)
• Humans
• Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
• Radiography