title: Giant meningioma of the III ventricle in a child: case report and review of the literature.
abstract: We report the case of an 11-year-old girl with a giant meningioma of the III ventricle who presented with signs and symptoms of raised intracranial pressure. The tumor was removed through a transcallosal approach. A review of current literature yielded 16 previous cases of meningiomas of the III ventricle in the pediatric age group. The usual form of presentation is that of a midline syndrome with no localizing signs. In the cases that were operated on, surgical intervention was rewarding and mortality was low. A very unusual finding in the meningioma that we report was its origin in the floor of the III ventricle, a circumstance that has only once been described previously.
authors.affiliation: Regional Neurosurgical Service, Hospital Virgen de Arrixaca, El Palmar, Murcia, Spain.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Martínez-Lage
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Poza
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Alcaraz
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Molina
mesh_terms: D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008577:Meningeal Neoplasms / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008579:Meningioma / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000601:surgery*; D008866:Microsurgery; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed