[Intraventricular central neurocytoma and literature review].
OBJECTIVE
To understand the characteristics of central neurocytoma.


METHODS
Two cases were confimmed operatively and pathologyically.


RESULTS
142 cases showed that the tumor is common in young people. It occurrs in the septum pellucidumor, the wall of third or lateral ventricle. Clinical symptom is intracranial hypertension. The diagnosis must depend on electromicroscope examination.


CONCLUSIONS
The tumor must be removed totally by microsurgery.
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Department of Neurosurgery, First University Hospital, West-China University of Medical Sciences, Chengdu 610041.
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D000328:Adult; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008866:Microsurgery; D018306:Neurocytoma / Q000601:surgery*; D019635:Neurosurgical Procedures