[Central neurocytoma].
4 cases of central neurocytoma are reported. Sex distribution was symmetrical, average age at presentation was 29.7 years, and duration of symptoms varied from 1 day to 5 years. Headache and nausea were the most frequent symptoms; 1 patient was asymptomatic, 3 tumors were located in the left lateral ventricle and 1 in the third ventricle. 3 were operated on via an interhemispheric transcallosal route and 1 transcortically. Morbidity included symptomatic subdural effusions (2 cases), short term memory deficit (1) and transient hemiparesis with aphasia (1). There was no mortality.
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Neurosurgery Dept., Haddash-University Hospital, Jerusalem.
Ashkenazi
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Pappo
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Sofer
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Umansky
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D000328:Adult; D001037:Aphasia; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D005260:Female; D006429:Hemiplegia; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008570:Memory, Short-Term; D018306:Neurocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology / Q000601:surgery; D013353:Subdural Effusion