Elsevier

Surgical Neurology

Volume 33, Issue 1, January 1990, Pages 22-27
Surgical Neurology

Intraventricular craniopharyngioma: Its characteristics in magnetic resonance imaging and successful total removal

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Abstract

We experienced a craniopharyngioma in the third ventricle which was removed totally by a staged operation through the lamina terminalis and then through the foramen of Monro using a transventricular approach. In magnetic resonance imaging, chiasmal thickening with potbelly expansion and bilobed shape of the mass were found, and postoperative magnetic resonance imaging showed indentation of the chiasm and flattening of the floor of the third ventricle.

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