Third ventricle glioblastoma. Case report and review of literature.
A glioblastoma presenting as a solitary third ventricle mass is exceptional.


METHODS
We report the case of a 29-year-old woman who lost consciousness, was taken to hospital and referred a previous history of depression and diabetes insipidus. Magnetic resonance imaging study revealed a heterogeneous anterior third ventricle mass with ring enhancement after contrast administration. It was approached and subtotally resected by a transcortical-transventricular route and histological diagnosis proved it to be a glioblastoma. There are only two other similar well-described cases and another nine have been previously reported in surgical series of high grade gliomas and glioblastomas. The possible origin of this lesion is discussed.
Prieto
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Department of Neurosurgery, University Hospital La Paz, Pso. de la Castellana, 261, 28046 Madrid, Spain. rprieto@iib.uam.es
Pascual
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Roda
J M
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D000328:Adult; D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D005260:Female; D005909:Glioblastoma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D020542:Third Ventricle