J Korean Neurosurg Soc.  2018 Nov;61(6):774-776. 10.3340/jkns.2017.0221.

Transphenoidal Surgery : The Optimal Approach to Chordoid Gliomas of the Third Ventricle?

• Carrasco-Moro R
• Castro-Dufourny I
• Prieto R
• Pascual JM

• KMID: 2428121
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.3340/jkns.2017.0221

Abstract

No abstract available.

MeSH Terms

Glioma*
Third Ventricle*

Figure

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  Fig. 1. A and B : Preoperative T1-weighted, contrast-enhanced MRI; coronal (A) and mid-sagittal (B) scans showing a well-defined, polylobulated, solid-cystic mass centered at the anterior third ventricular area, causing a displacement of the pituitary stalk (white arrow in B) and the mamillary bodies (black arrow in B). C and D : Postoperative T1-weighted MRI –same sequence and scans– showing the anatomical defect at the region of the infundibulum, without identifiable median eminence-pituitary stalk structures. Notice the presence of postsurgical changes involving the right IIIv wall (white arrow in C) and the atrophy of the decompressed mamillary bodies (white arrow in D). MRI : magnetic resonance imaging.

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