title: Chordoid glioma: Case report and review of the literature.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Chordoid glioma is a rare low-grade brain tumor originating from the anterior wall of the third ventricle.
  
  
  METHODS
  A 13-year-old female with progressive intermittent holocranial headaches and a diagnosis of chordoid glioma underwent tumor resection in our neuro-oncology unit.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  We review all 79 cases of chordoid glioma reported in the literature so far, focusing on the diagnostic criteria, treatment options and prognosis.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Efficient treatment of chordoid glioma depends upon radical surgical resection. Based on the reviewed data, which showed high morbi-mortality rates for this kind of tumor, we recommend a more conservative treatment approach.
authors: Department of Neurology, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Av. Dr. Enéas Carvalho Aguiar, 255, 05403-000 Sao Paulo Brazil.
authors: Barbara A
authors: BA
authors: Morais
authors: Department of Neurology, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Av. Dr. Enéas Carvalho Aguiar, 255, 05403-000 Sao Paulo Brazil. Electronic address: felipe_menendez@hotmail.com.
authors: Djalma F S
authors: DF
authors: Menendez
authors: Department of Pathology, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.
authors: Raphael S S
authors: RS
authors: Medeiros
authors: Department of Neurology, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Av. Dr. Enéas Carvalho Aguiar, 255, 05403-000 Sao Paulo Brazil.
authors: Manoel J
authors: MJ
authors: Teixeira
authors: Department of Neurology, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Av. Dr. Enéas Carvalho Aguiar, 255, 05403-000 Sao Paulo Brazil; Department of Neurosurgery, Universität Eberhard Karls, Tübingen, Germany.
authors: Guilherme A
authors: GA
authors: Lepski
keywords: Chordoid glioma; Glioma/surgery; Third ventricle/pathology; Treatment outcome
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