Migrating choroid plexus papilloma of the lateral ventricle in infant--modern approaches to surgical treatment
Gorelyshev, S.K.; Matuev, K.B.; Medvedev, O.A.
Zhurnal Voprosy Neirokhirurgii Imeni N. N. Burdenko 77(6) 45-49; Discussion: 49-50
2013
ISSN/ISBN: 0042-8817 PMID: 24558754 Document Number: 670591
Choroid plexus papilloma (CPP) are rare in adults and accounted for only 0.4-1% of all intracranial tumors and even though found in all age groups, it is first of all a pediatric tumor--in children of the first year of life they account for 12-14% of all brain tumors. The preferential localization of CPP--lateral ventricles of the brain. Our paper describes a rare case of an infant with a "migrating" choroid plexus papilloma of the lateral ventricle and reviews modern approaches to surgical treatment.