title: Choroid plexus carcinoma presenting as an intraparenchymal mass.
abstract: A 6-year-old girl with a history of a nondisplaced skull fracture diagnosed with computerized tomography (CT) scanning 3 years previously presented with a 6-week history of headaches and decreased use of her right side. On admission CT scans, a large cystic mass was identified in the left frontal lobe region of the brain. A connection between the mass and the ventricular system was not seen on radiological examination or during surgery. Gross-total resection of the mass was achieved. The histological and immunohistochemical findings in the resected tissue confirmed a diagnosis of choroid plexus carcinoma (ChPC). This is the first reported case of a ChPC arising in an extraventricular location not associated with the choroid plexus.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, Greenville, North Carilina 27835, USA. acarter@pcmh.com
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Carter
authors.forename: D L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Price
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Tucci
authors.forename: G K
authors.initials: GK
authors.lastname: Lewis
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mewborne
authors.forename: H K
authors.initials: HK
authors.lastname: Singh
mesh_terms: D002277:Carcinoma / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D002648:Child; D016545:Choroid Plexus Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology* / Q000601:surgery; D003937:Diagnosis, Differential; D005260:Female; D005625:Frontal Lobe / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed