Ossified mucin-secreting choroid plexus adenoma: case report.
This is the first report of a fully documented case of an ossified mucin-producing benign choroid plexus tumor. This was a chance finding in a man who complained only of posttraumatic low back discomfort. The ossification of the tumor appears to have been therapeutic. Mucin production may be a defense mechanism.
Duckett
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Department of Neurology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Osterholm
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Schaefer
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Gonzales
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Schwartzman
R J
RJ
D000236:Adenoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D000328:Adult; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology; D002831:Choroid Plexus; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009077:Mucins / Q000378:metabolism*; D009999:Ossification, Heterotopic / Q000473:pathology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
D009077:Mucins