Pineal Region Lesion Masquerading Choroid Plexus Papilloma: Case Report

Department

neurosurgery

Document Type

Article

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Choroid plexus papillomas (CPPs) are rare intracranial neoplasms, especially in the third ventricle. We report a patient with a posterior third ventricular CPP extending into the pineal that radiographically and clinically presented as a pineal region lesion. CASE DESCRIPTION: In a 51-year-old female with headache and upward gaze impairment radiological examination showed a mass in the pineal region obstructing the aqueduct of Sylvius and causing hydrocephalus. After ventriculoperitoneal shunting the tumor was approached through the infratentorial-supracerebellar approach and pathological examination revealed a typical CPP. CONCLUSIONS: This case represents an unusual presentation of an intracranial CPP. This entity should be considered an extremely rare cause of a lesion in the pineal region. © 2003 Elsevier Science Inc.

Publication Date

2003

Publication Title

Surgical Neurology

ISSN

0090-3019

Volume

59

Issue

2

First Page

124

Last Page

127

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

10.1016/S0090-3019(02)00988-6

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