title: Third ventricular chordoid glioma with unusual aggressive behavior.
abstract: A 50-year-old woman presented with a rare chordoid glioma manifesting as an approximately 4-year history of decreased cognitive function and recent decreased visual acuity. Magnetic resonance imaging showed a 4.5 x 3.5 cm multilobulated strongly enhanced mass in the suprasellar cistern and third ventricle associated with hydrocephalus. The tumor was subtotally removed via a transcallosal approach. Histological examination showed chordoid glioma. Two months later, ventriculoperitoneal shunting was performed for hydrocephalus. The tumor and hydrocephalus recurred after 3 months. She died after 4 months because of deepened mentality and combined pneumonia. This very short duration before recurrence suggests that neuroimaging follow up may be necessary in patients with subtotally removed choroid glioma.
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurosurgery, Chonnam National University Research Institute of Medical Sciences, Chonnam National University Hwasun Hospital & Medical School, Gwangju, Korea.
authors.forename: Tae-Young
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Jung
authors.forename: Shin
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Jung
mesh_terms: D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology*; D005260:Female; D005910:Glioma / Q000473:pathology*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D020542:Third Ventricle / Q000473:pathology*