title: Purely neuroendoscopic resection of an intraventricular cavernous angioma: case report.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Intraventricular cavernomas are rare and generally treated by microsurgical approach. With the advances in neuroendoscopy, intraventricular lesions have been managed by this technique. However, tumor size and vascular nature are considered restrictive factors. As far as we are concerned, there are two cases in the literature of intraventricular cavernoma resection done by neuroendoscopy.
  
  
  METHODS
  We describe a case of a man who presented with hydrocephalus secondary to a mesencephalic cavernoma and a second cavernous angioma located at the dorsum thalamus. This second lesion was successfully removed using a pure neuroendoscopic technique at the same time as a third ventriculostomy was performed.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  As neuroendoscopy evolves, we see that lesions considered impossible to be managed by neuroendoscopy before today are being treated with the advantages that the minimally invasive surgery offers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, School of Medicine of Federal University of Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. agjg@terra.com.br
authors.forename: Alexandre Varella
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Giannetti
mesh_terms: D002551:Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D020786:Hemangioma, Cavernous, Central Nervous System / Q000150:complications / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D006801:Humans; D006849:Hydrocephalus / Q000209:etiology / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D044583:Neuroendoscopy / Q000379:methods*; D020542:Third Ventricle / Q000473:pathology / Q000601:surgery*; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014696:Ventriculostomy