Aqueductal (pencil) glioma presenting as neurogenic pulmonary edema: a case report.
A case of neurogenic pulmonary edema due to hydrocephalus, without initial neurological deficit, is described. Computed tomography demonstrated a ring enhancing lesion in the tectum of the mesencephalon obstructing the aqueduct of Sylvius. The lesion, on autopsy, was a rare mesencephalic glioma described in the literature as a "pencil glioma" of the aqueduct.
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Hartford Hospital, Department of Neurosurgery and Neuropathology, Connecticut 06115-0729.
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D000328:Adult; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002535:Cerebral Aqueduct / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000150:complications*; D011654:Pulmonary Edema / Q000209:etiology*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed