Pigmented choroid plexus papilloma.
A pigmented choroid plexus papilloma was found in the left lateral ventricle of a 15-year-old white boy with a 10-year history of seizures. Grossly the lesion appeared finely lobular, orangish brown, rubbery, gritty, and friable. Microscopic examination revealed delicate papillary formations reminiscent of normal choroid plexus, with simple cuboidal to columnar epithelium overlying fibrovascular cores. Light- and electron-microscopic studies demonstrated that the neoplastic cell pigment consisted of both neuromelanin and lipofuscin. To our knowledge, this is the first reported case of neuromelanin pigmentation within a choroid plexus papilloma.
Department of Pathology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA 70112.
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EL
Reimund
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Sitton
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JC
Harkin
D000293:Adolescent; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002831:Choroid Plexus / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D004806:Ependymoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008854:Microscopy, Electron