title: Holoventricular glioma in a child. Case report.
abstract: An intraventricular glioma occupying all four ventricles of the brain in children is very uncommon. The authors report a unique case of a tetraventricular Grade II astrocytoma with evidence of extension into the basal cisterns in a 5-year-old boy who had a 1-month history of headache. There was no neurological deficit except bilateral papilledema.
authors.affiliation: Madras Institute of Neurology, Chennai, India. simonhercules@aol.com
authors.forename: Simon A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Hercules
authors.forename: Vengalathur Ganesan
authors.initials: VG
authors.lastname: Ramesh
authors.forename: Srinivasan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Paramasivan
authors.forename: Pari
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kodiarasan
authors.forename: Mohan Sampath
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Kumar
mesh_terms: D001253:Astrocytes / Q000473:pathology; D001254:Astrocytoma / Q000175:diagnosis*; D001932:Brain Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis*; D002552:Cerebral Ventricles; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003287:Contrast Media; D006801:Humans; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging; D008297:Male; D009361:Neoplasm Invasiveness; D013346:Subarachnoid Space; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed
chemical_list: D003287:Contrast Media