Choroid plexus tumor in a child.
A 5-month-old infant is reported who presented with fever, nonspecific symptoms, a rapidly enlarging head, and a regression in motor development. Investigations subsequently confirmed the diagnosis of a choroid plexus papilloma.
St John
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MA
Department of Pediatrics, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Barbados, West Indies.
Clarke
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D001921:Brain / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging; D002557:Cerebrospinal Fluid Shunts; D016545:Choroid Plexus Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D009048:Motor Skills / Q000502:physiology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed