title: Giant central neurocytoma with tetraventricular and extra-axial extension. Case report.
abstract: The central neurocytoma is a recently recognized benign intraventricular tumour of young adults. The authors report a unique case of a panventricular neurocytoma with extension to the interpeduncular and prepontique cisterns which developed in a 35-year-old woman with a 7-year history of headaches and amenorrhea. They review the different pathological and topographical patterns of previously published neurocytomas and discuss the histogenesis of this rare tumour.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Hôpital Sainte-Marguerite, Marseille, France.
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Roche
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Malca
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gambarelli
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Pellet
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002533:Cerebral Angiography; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D018306:Neurocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D009460:Neurologic Examination; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000175:diagnosis; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed