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Third Ventricle Ependymal Tumor

MedGen UID:
1392296
•Concept ID:
C4331406
•
Neoplastic Process

Definition

A finding indicating the presence of an ependymal tumor in the third ventricle of the brain. [from NCI]

Term Hierarchy

CClinical test,  RResearch test,  OOMIM,  GGeneReviews,  VClinVar  
  • CROGVThird Ventricle Ependymal Tumor

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Awake Surgical Management of Third Ventricular Tumors: A Preliminary Safety, Feasibility, and Clinical Applications Study.
Chakravarthi SS, Kassam AB, Fukui MB, Monroy-Sosa A, Rothong N, Cunningham J, Jennings JE, Guenther N, Connelly J, Kaemmerer T, Nash KC, Lindsay M, Rissell J, Celix JM, Rovin RA
Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 2019 Aug 1;17(2):208-226. doi: 10.1093/ons/opy405. PMID: 30753637

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Racemose Fourth Ventricle Neurocysticercosis Excision Through Telovelar Approach and Hydrodissection.
García-Pérez D, García-Posadas G, Paredes I, Jiménez-Roldán L
World Neurosurg 2022 Sep;165:91. Epub 2022 Jun 16 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.06.043. PMID: 35717015
Awake Surgical Management of Third Ventricular Tumors: A Preliminary Safety, Feasibility, and Clinical Applications Study.
Chakravarthi SS, Kassam AB, Fukui MB, Monroy-Sosa A, Rothong N, Cunningham J, Jennings JE, Guenther N, Connelly J, Kaemmerer T, Nash KC, Lindsay M, Rissell J, Celix JM, Rovin RA
Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 2019 Aug 1;17(2):208-226. doi: 10.1093/ons/opy405. PMID: 30753637
Neuroendoscopic Intraoperative Ultrasound-Guided Technique for Biopsy of Paraventricular Tumors.
Di Somma A, Narros Gimenez JL, Almarcha Bethencourt JM, Cavallo LM, Márquez-Rivas J
World Neurosurg 2019 Feb;122:441-450. Epub 2018 Nov 15 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.11.057. PMID: 30448577
Choroid plexus adenoma: case report and review of the literature.
Aquilina K, Nanra JS, Allcutt DA, Farrell M
Childs Nerv Syst 2005 May;21(5):410-5. Epub 2004 Nov 25 doi: 10.1007/s00381-004-1038-8. PMID: 15565450
Ependymomas of the third ventricle.
Oppenheim JS, Strauss RC, Mormino J, Sachdev VP, Rothman AS
Neurosurgery 1994 Feb;34(2):350-2; discussion 352-3. doi: 10.1227/00006123-199402000-00020. PMID: 8177398

Diagnosis

Disseminated ependymal dysembryoplastic neuroepithelial tumor: a case report and literature review.
Kushel YV, Kutin MA, Ivanov VV, Chernov IV, Adueva DS, Pronin IN, Shishkina LV, Konovalova ES, Kalinin PL
Zh Vopr Neirokhir Im N N Burdenko 2024;88(4):92-99. doi: 10.17116/neiro20248804192. PMID: 39169587
Endoscopic diagnosis of an MRI-occult, low-grade glioma with ependymal dissemination.
Margetis K, Rajappa P, Cope W, Pisapia D, Souweidane MM
J Neurosurg Pediatr 2015 Oct;16(4):377-82. Epub 2015 Jul 3 doi: 10.3171/2015.3.PEDS14444. PMID: 26140294
CD99 is expressed in chordoid glioma and suggests ependymal origin.
Romero-Rojas AE, Díaz-Pérez JA, Ariza-Serrano LM
Virchows Arch 2012 Jan;460(1):119-22. Epub 2011 Nov 20 doi: 10.1007/s00428-011-1170-2. PMID: 22102064
Chordoid glioma: report of a case with unusual histologic features, ultrastructural study and review of the literature.
Raizer JJ, Shetty T, Gutin PH, Obbens EA, Holodny AI, Antonescu CR, Rosenblum MK
J Neurooncol 2003 May;63(1):39-47. doi: 10.1023/a:1023752717042. PMID: 12814253
Diagnosis of ependymal intraventricular cysts of the third ventricle by computed tomography.
Servo A, Porras M, Jääskinen J
Neuroradiology 1983;24(3):155-7. doi: 10.1007/BF00347833. PMID: 6600821

Therapy

Racemose Fourth Ventricle Neurocysticercosis Excision Through Telovelar Approach and Hydrodissection.
García-Pérez D, García-Posadas G, Paredes I, Jiménez-Roldán L
World Neurosurg 2022 Sep;165:91. Epub 2022 Jun 16 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2022.06.043. PMID: 35717015
Development of a short sleeper phenotype after third ventriculostomy in a patient with ependymal cysts.
Seystahl K, Könnecke H, Sürücü O, Baumann CR, Poryazova R
J Clin Sleep Med 2014 Feb 15;10(2):211-3. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.3458. PMID: 24533006Free PMC Article
Chordoid glioma: report of two rare examples with unusual features.
Jain D, Sharma MC, Sarkar C, Suri V, Rishi A, Garg A, Vaishya S
Acta Neurochir (Wien) 2008 Mar;150(3):295-300; discussion 300. Epub 2008 Feb 4 doi: 10.1007/s00701-008-1420-x. PMID: 18246456

Prognosis

Awake Surgical Management of Third Ventricular Tumors: A Preliminary Safety, Feasibility, and Clinical Applications Study.
Chakravarthi SS, Kassam AB, Fukui MB, Monroy-Sosa A, Rothong N, Cunningham J, Jennings JE, Guenther N, Connelly J, Kaemmerer T, Nash KC, Lindsay M, Rissell J, Celix JM, Rovin RA
Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 2019 Aug 1;17(2):208-226. doi: 10.1093/ons/opy405. PMID: 30753637
Neuroendoscopic Intraoperative Ultrasound-Guided Technique for Biopsy of Paraventricular Tumors.
Di Somma A, Narros Gimenez JL, Almarcha Bethencourt JM, Cavallo LM, Márquez-Rivas J
World Neurosurg 2019 Feb;122:441-450. Epub 2018 Nov 15 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2018.11.057. PMID: 30448577
Loco-regional extensions of central nervous system germ cell tumors: a retrospective radiological analysis of 100 patients.
Duron L, Sadones F, Thiesse P, Cellier C, Alapetite C, Doz F, Frappaz D, Brisse HJ
Neuroradiology 2018 Jan;60(1):27-34. Epub 2017 Sep 23 doi: 10.1007/s00234-017-1928-6. PMID: 28942513
Choroid plexus adenoma: case report and review of the literature.
Aquilina K, Nanra JS, Allcutt DA, Farrell M
Childs Nerv Syst 2005 May;21(5):410-5. Epub 2004 Nov 25 doi: 10.1007/s00381-004-1038-8. PMID: 15565450
Ependymomas of the third ventricle.
Oppenheim JS, Strauss RC, Mormino J, Sachdev VP, Rothman AS
Neurosurgery 1994 Feb;34(2):350-2; discussion 352-3. doi: 10.1227/00006123-199402000-00020. PMID: 8177398

Clinical prediction guides

Awake Surgical Management of Third Ventricular Tumors: A Preliminary Safety, Feasibility, and Clinical Applications Study.
Chakravarthi SS, Kassam AB, Fukui MB, Monroy-Sosa A, Rothong N, Cunningham J, Jennings JE, Guenther N, Connelly J, Kaemmerer T, Nash KC, Lindsay M, Rissell J, Celix JM, Rovin RA
Oper Neurosurg (Hagerstown) 2019 Aug 1;17(2):208-226. doi: 10.1093/ons/opy405. PMID: 30753637
Pathological Relationship Between Adamantinomatous Craniopharyngioma and Adjacent Structures Based on QST Classification.
Liu Y, Qi ST, Wang CH, Pan J, Fan J, Peng JX, Zhang X, Bao Y, Liu YW
J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2018 Nov 1;77(11):1017-1023. doi: 10.1093/jnen/nly083. PMID: 30239800
Neuroendoscopic management of posterior third ventricle ependymoma with intraaqueductal and fourth ventricle extension: a case report and review of the literature.
Prat-Acín R, Evangelista R, Conde R, Ayuso-Sacido A, Galeano I
Childs Nerv Syst 2017 Nov;33(11):2057-2060. Epub 2017 Jul 18 doi: 10.1007/s00381-017-3543-6. PMID: 28721597
Comparative characterization of the human and mouse third ventricle germinal zones.
Dahiya S, Lee DY, Gutmann DH
J Neuropathol Exp Neurol 2011 Jul;70(7):622-33. doi: 10.1097/NEN.0b013e31822200aa. PMID: 21666496Free PMC Article
Chordoid glioma of the third ventricle: a report of two new cases, with further evidence supporting an ependymal differentiation, and review of the literature.
Pasquier B, Péoc'h M, Morrison AL, Gay E, Pasquier D, Grand S, Sindou M, Kopp N
Am J Surg Pathol 2002 Oct;26(10):1330-42. doi: 10.1097/00000478-200210000-00010. PMID: 12360048

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