Choroid plexus papillomas of the fourth ventricle. Report of 3 cases.
3 cases with benign choroid plexus papillomas (CPP) in the fourth ventricle are described. All patients were less than 2 months of age. They were among 14 cases with intracranial CPP in a series of 100 tumors of the posterior fossa. Correct diagnosis was not obtained by means of pneumoencephalography, with apparently normal repletion of the fourth ventricle being visualized. 2 of the 3 patients died after application of the ventriculoperitoneal shunt and before extirpation of the tumor. All 3 patients soon presented hydrocephalus in 1 case already 'intra utero'.
D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D002831:Choroid Plexus / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis; D008297:Male; D010212:Papilloma / Q000151:congenital / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology; D011011:Pneumoencephalography; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed