We report the case of an 11-year-old girl with a giant meningioma of the III ventricle who presented with signs and symptoms of raised intracranial pressure. The tumor was removed through a transcallosal approach. A review of current literature yielded 16 previous cases of meningiomas of the III ven
Meningioma in the anterior III ventricle in a child
β Scribed by Han-Jung Chen; Chun-Chung Lui; Leung Chen
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 739 KB
- Volume
- 2
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0256-7040
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β¦ Synopsis
A case is described of meningioma in the anterior part of the III ventricle in a 14-year-old girl. The mass was successfully removed through a transcallosal approach.
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