[Chordoid glioma of the III ventricle. Case report and revision of the literature].
Chordoid glioma of the third ventricle is an infrequent brain tumour that was described for the first time by Brat et al. in 1998; since then, only 39 cases have been reported. We present a new case of chordoid glioma of the third ventricle in a 51-year-old-man that was treated with total surgical removal, with a good initial postoperative evolution. Sudden death, most likely due to a massive pulmonary embolism, occurred in the third postoperative day. We present the histological characteristics of the tumour and review the literature regarding this entity.
Ortega-Martínez
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Servicios de Neurocirugía y Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Regional Universitario Infanta Cristina, Badajoz. España.
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Bernal-García
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Fernández-Portales
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Gómez-Perals
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Gómez de Tejada
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Pimentel
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