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CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 · Arquivos Brasileiros de Neurocirurgia: Brazilian Neurosurgery 2018; 37(02): 113-118
DOI: 10.1055/s-0035-1564825
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Strictly Intraventricular Craniopharyngioma: Case Report and Literature Review

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Marcelo Lemos Vieira da Cunha
1   Department of Neurosurgery, Hospital Regional do Oeste, Chapecó, SC, Brazil
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Ana Luiza Brunelli Pletz
2   Course of Medicine, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
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10 November 2013

07 August 2015

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28 October 2015 (online)

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Abstract

Strictly intraventricular craniopharyngiomas are a rare topographical variety of craniopharyngiomas. The correct diagnosis is important in order to define the surgical planning, as the surgical access is different for suprasellar tumors with secondary invasion of the third ventricle. An image diagnosis may be difficult, though suggestive patterns exist. The aim of the present case report and literature review is to add to the scarce literature on strictly intraventricular craniopharyngiomas, as well as to remind the neurosurgeon of this rare diagnosis so that the proper treatment is provided.

Keywords

strictly intraventricular craniopharyngioma - third ventricle - transcallosal approach
 

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