Intraventricular malignant triton tumour.
The authors present the clinical and pathological features of a malignant triton tumour (MTT) in the lateral ventricle with neurofibromatosis type 1. A 57 year-old man presented with disorientation and memory disturbance. A Computed tomographic scan and magnetic resonance imaging studies revealed an enhancing lesion in the left lateral ventricle. A parieto-occipital transcallosal approach was taken and resection of the lesion was performed. The operative findings suggested that the tumour arose from the perivascular nerves. The final pathological diagnosis was a MTT. This is the first case of an intraventricular MTT. Aggressive treatment including radical surgery combined with radiochemotherapy is recommended for a MTT of the central nervous system.
Takahashi
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Department of Neurosurgery, Kurume University School of Medicine, Fukuoka, Japan.
Sugita
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Abe
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Yuge
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Tokutomi
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Shigemori
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M
D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D017809:Fatal Outcome; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009442:Neurilemmoma / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery; D009456:Neurofibromatosis 1 / Q000150:complications*; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed