Choroid plexus carcinoma in adults: an extremely rare case

Choroid plexus tumors are rare intraventricular papillary neoplasms derived from choroid plexus epithelium, which account for approximately 2% to 4% of intracranial tumors in children and 0.5% in adults. Almost all choroid plexus carcinomas are seen in children and are extremely rare in adults. Head...

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Published in:The Pan African medical journal 2015-03, Vol.20 (302), p.302-302
Main Authors: Ozdogan, Selcuk, Gergin, Yusuf Emrah, Gergin, Sinem, Senol, Ozgur, Tiryaki, Mehmet, Tatarli, Necati, Hicdonmez, Tufan
Format: Article
Language:English
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Age Factors
Aged
Carcinoma - diagnosis
Carcinoma - pathology
Carcinoma - surgery
Case Report
choroid plexus carcinomas
Choroid Plexus Neoplasms - diagnosis
Choroid Plexus Neoplasms - pathology
Choroid Plexus Neoplasms - surgery
choroid plexus neoplasms in adults
choroid plexus tumors
Headache - etiology
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Imaging - methods
Male
Tomography, X-Ray Computed - methods
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Summary:Choroid plexus tumors are rare intraventricular papillary neoplasms derived from choroid plexus epithelium, which account for approximately 2% to 4% of intracranial tumors in children and 0.5% in adults. Almost all choroid plexus carcinomas are seen in children and are extremely rare in adults. Headache, diplopia, and ataxia are the most common symptoms usually caused by mechanical obstruction of cerebrospinal fluid flow followed by hydrocephalus, regardless of tumor location. We present an illustrative case with 73 years old male patient who was consulted with headache to our neurosurgery department. In cranial computed tomography, there was a mass in 4(th) ventricle and we confirmed the mass with magnetic resonance imaging. After surgery had been performed, pathology specimen was diagnosed as choroid plexus carcinoma which was rarely seen in this age group.
ISSN:1937-8688
1937-8688
DOI:10.11604/pamj.2015.20.302.5854