title: Successful resection of a teratoma of the third ventricle in a 3-year-old boy.
abstract: Few cases of teratoma in the third ventricle have been reported in detail. We describe a 3-year-old Chinese boy presenting with increased intracranial pressure, headache, and vomiting. Preoperative computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging demonstrated a teratoma in the third ventricle. Complete excision of the tumor was achieved through the interhemispheric transcallosal approach. The patient did well and was without neurologic deficits postoperatively. Although the majority of tumors located in the third ventricle are malignant and can penetrate the brain tissues that constitute the wall of the third ventricle, mature teratomas are an exception and total removal may be possible.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Kaohsiung Medical College, Taiwan.
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Lin
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: S L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Howng
mesh_terms: D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D002675:Child, Preschool; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D013724:Teratoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000601:surgery*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed