title: [Occurrence of tumors in the anterior part of the third ventricle and in adjacent structures in patients of the Department of Neurosurgery, Medical Academy in Poznan].
abstract: A group of 159 patients with tumours in the anterior part of the third ventricle and surrounding region were analysed. According to WHO classification the tumours belong to groups I, V, VI and VII. The assessment of neurological manifestations and hormonal abnormalities makes possible their early diagnosis. CT of the head and MRI inform about the location, character and extent of the intracranial mass. Angiography provides important information on the vascularization of the tumour and its relation to the vessels of the anterior part of Willis circle and hypothalamic veins. In the surgical treatment in 37 cases microsurgery was used reducing the perioperative mortality by half. Hydrocephalus associated with the tumours was treated either by atrioventricular drainage or, when the tumour was partly removed, pellucidotomy was done. Radiotherapy was the next stage in the treatment of tumours of this location.
authors.affiliation: Kliniki Neurochirurgii AM im Karola Marcinkowskiego w Poznaniu.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Nowak
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D002941:Circle of Willis / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D008875:Middle Aged; D009367:Neoplasm Staging; D012688:Septum Pellucidum / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed; D017287:Ventriculoperitoneal Shunt
vernacular_title: Wystepowanie guzów w przedniej cześci komory III mózgu i strukturach otaczajacych na podstawie materiału kliniki neurochirurgii AM w Poznaniu.