Meningiomas of the lateral ventricles. Clinical, neuroradiologic, and surgical considerations in 19 cases.
The clinical and neuroradiologic findings and surgical results in a series of 19 patients with lateral ventricle meningioma, operated on during a 33-year period, are described. This experience is compared with that of previous workers and the following conclusions are drawn: these tumors have no characteristic symptoms; preoperative diagnosis requires both computed tomography scans and carotid and vertebral angiography; the safest surgical approach is through a sagittal or oblique parietooccipital cortical incision to avoid damage to motor, visual, and speech areas of the cortex.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D014695:Cerebral Ventriculography; D005260:Female; D006261:Headache / Q000150:complications; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008579:Meningioma / Q000150:complications / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008875:Middle Aged; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D014839:Vomiting / Q000150:complications