Intraventricular craniopharyngioma: its characteristics in magnetic resonance imaging and successful total removal.
We experienced a craniopharyngioma in the third ventricle which was removed totally by a staged operation through the lamina terminalis and then through the foramen of Monro using a transventricular approach. In magnetic resonance imaging, chiasmal thickening with pot-belly expansion and bilobed shape of the mass were found, and postoperative magnetic resonance imaging showed indentation of the chiasm and flattening of the floor of the third ventricle.
Department of Neurosurgery, School of Medicine, Fukuoka University, Japan.
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Tomonaga
D000328:Adult; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D003397:Craniopharyngioma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000601:surgery; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male