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Cerebral ventricle cancer

MedGen UID:
3325
•Concept ID:
C0007798
•
Neoplastic Process
Synonyms: Brain Ventricular Neoplasm; Brain Ventricular Neoplasms; Brain Ventricular Tumor; Brain Ventricular Tumors; Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasm; Cerebral Ventricle Neoplasms; Cerebral Ventricle Tumor; Cerebral Ventricle Tumors; Cerebroventricular Neoplasm; Cerebroventricular Neoplasms; Intraventricular Neoplasm; Intraventricular Neoplasms; Neoplasm, Brain Ventricular; Neoplasm, Cerebral Ventricle; Neoplasm, Cerebroventricular; Neoplasm, Intraventricular; Neoplasms, Brain Ventricular; Neoplasms, Cerebral Ventricle; Neoplasms, Cerebroventricular; Neoplasms, Intraventricular; Neoplasms, Ventricular, Brain; Tumor, Brain Ventricular; Tumor, Cerebral Ventricle; Tumors, Brain Ventricular; Tumors, Cerebral Ventricle; Ventricle Tumor, Cerebral; Ventricle Tumors, Cerebral; Ventricular Neoplasm, Brain; Ventricular Neoplasms, Brain; Ventricular Tumor, Brain; Ventricular Tumors, Brain
SNOMED CT: Neoplasm of cerebral ventricle (126958000)
 
Monarch Initiative: MONDO:0002682

Definition

A neoplasm that involves a brain ventricle. It may be a primary neoplasm arising from a brain ventricle, a metastasis from a distant anatomic site, or an extension of an invasive neoplasm from an adjacent brain structure. [from NCI]

Professional guidelines

PubMed

Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine Consult Series #57: Evaluation and management of isolated soft ultrasound markers for aneuploidy in the second trimester: (Replaces Consults #10, Single umbilical artery, October 2010; #16, Isolated echogenic bowel diagnosed on second-trimester ultrasound, August 2011; #17, Evaluation and management of isolated renal pelviectasis on second-trimester ultrasound, December 2011; #25, Isolated fetal choroid plexus cysts, April 2013; #27, Isolated echogenic intracardiac focus, August 2013).
Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine (SMFM). Electronic address: [email protected], Prabhu M, Kuller JA, Biggio JR
Am J Obstet Gynecol 2021 Oct;225(4):B2-B15. Epub 2021 Jun 23 doi: 10.1016/j.ajog.2021.06.079. PMID: 34171388
Diagnosis and Therapeutic Management of Ventricular Gangliogliomas: An Illustrated Review.
Salge-Arrieta FJ, Carrasco-Moro R, Rodríguez-Berrocal V, Vior-Fernández C, Lee P, Pián H, Martínez-San Millán JS, Ley-Urzáiz L
World Neurosurg 2021 May;149:e651-e663. Epub 2021 Feb 4 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2021.01.119. PMID: 33548530
The management of central neurocytoma: radiosurgery.
Monaco EA 3rd, Niranjan A, Lunsford LD
Neurosurg Clin N Am 2015 Jan;26(1):37-44. Epub 2014 Oct 18 doi: 10.1016/j.nec.2014.09.008. PMID: 25432182

Recent clinical studies

Etiology

Subependymomas of the fourth ventricle: To operate or not to operate?
Haider AS, McCutcheon IE, Ene CI, Fuller GN, Schomer DF, Gule-Monroe M, DeMonte F, Ferguson SD, Lang FF, Prabhu SS, Raza SM, Suki D, Weinberg JS, Sawaya R
J Clin Neurosci 2023 Dec;118:147-152. Epub 2023 Nov 7 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2023.10.025. PMID: 37944358
Craniopharyngiomas primarily affecting the hypothalamus.
Pascual JM, Prieto R, Rosdolsky M
Handb Clin Neurol 2021;181:75-115. doi: 10.1016/B978-0-12-820683-6.00007-5. PMID: 34238481
Third ventricular meningiomas.
Li P, Diao X, Bi Z, Hao S, Ren X, Zhang J, Xing J
J Clin Neurosci 2015 Nov;22(11):1776-84. Epub 2015 Aug 29 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.05.025. PMID: 26455422
Telovelar Approach to Fourth Ventricle Tumors: Highlights and Limitations.
Tomasello F, Conti A, Cardali S, La Torre D, Angileri FF
World Neurosurg 2015 Jun;83(6):1141-7. Epub 2015 Feb 16 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.01.039. PMID: 25698525
Intraventricular epidermoids.
Meng L, Yuguang L, Shugan Z, Xingang L, Chengyuan W
J Clin Neurosci 2006 May;13(4):428-30. Epub 2006 Mar 27 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2005.04.022. PMID: 16564173

Diagnosis

Letter From the Guest Editor: Ventricles and CSF.
Agarwal A
Semin Ultrasound CT MR 2016 Apr;37(2):71. Epub 2016 Mar 2 doi: 10.1053/j.sult.2016.02.008. PMID: 27063656
Third ventricular meningiomas.
Li P, Diao X, Bi Z, Hao S, Ren X, Zhang J, Xing J
J Clin Neurosci 2015 Nov;22(11):1776-84. Epub 2015 Aug 29 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.05.025. PMID: 26455422
Intraventricular epidermoids.
Meng L, Yuguang L, Shugan Z, Xingang L, Chengyuan W
J Clin Neurosci 2006 May;13(4):428-30. Epub 2006 Mar 27 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2005.04.022. PMID: 16564173
Colloid cyst headache.
Spears RC
Curr Pain Headache Rep 2004 Aug;8(4):297-300. doi: 10.1007/s11916-004-0011-2. PMID: 15228889
Echoencephalography.
Ford RM
Semin Roentgenol 1975 Oct;10(4):271-6. doi: 10.1016/0037-198x(75)90047-4. PMID: 1103295

Therapy

Telovelar Approach to Fourth Ventricle Tumors: Highlights and Limitations.
Tomasello F, Conti A, Cardali S, La Torre D, Angileri FF
World Neurosurg 2015 Jun;83(6):1141-7. Epub 2015 Feb 16 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.01.039. PMID: 25698525
Intraventricular tumors.
Schroeder HW
World Neurosurg 2013 Feb;79(2 Suppl):S17.e15-9. Epub 2012 Feb 10 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2012.02.023. PMID: 22381840
Intraventricular neuroendoscopy: complication avoidance and management.
Chowdhry SA, Cohen AR
World Neurosurg 2013 Feb;79(2 Suppl):S15.e1-10. Epub 2012 Feb 10 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2012.02.030. PMID: 22381833
Intraventricular epidermoids.
Meng L, Yuguang L, Shugan Z, Xingang L, Chengyuan W
J Clin Neurosci 2006 May;13(4):428-30. Epub 2006 Mar 27 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2005.04.022. PMID: 16564173
Hydrocephalus.
Paine RS
Pediatr Clin North Am 1967 Nov;14(4):779-96. doi: 10.1016/s0031-3955(16)32055-7. PMID: 4875462

Prognosis

Fourth Ventricular Meningiomas.
Luo W, Xu Y, Yang J, Liu Z, Liu H
World Neurosurg 2019 Jul;127:e1201-e1209. Epub 2019 Apr 17 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2019.04.097. PMID: 31004862
Third ventricular meningiomas.
Li P, Diao X, Bi Z, Hao S, Ren X, Zhang J, Xing J
J Clin Neurosci 2015 Nov;22(11):1776-84. Epub 2015 Aug 29 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.05.025. PMID: 26455422
Intraventricular epidermoids.
Meng L, Yuguang L, Shugan Z, Xingang L, Chengyuan W
J Clin Neurosci 2006 May;13(4):428-30. Epub 2006 Mar 27 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2005.04.022. PMID: 16564173
Intraventricular gliomas.
Dumont AS, Farace E, Schiff D, Shaffrey ME
Neurosurg Clin N Am 2003 Oct;14(4):571-91. doi: 10.1016/s1042-3680(03)00062-7. PMID: 15024802
Intra-fourth-ventricle teratoma.
Srinivasan US, Joseph T
Pediatr Neurosurg 1999 Apr;30(4):200-2. doi: 10.1159/000028795. PMID: 10420130

Clinical prediction guides

Subependymomas of the fourth ventricle: To operate or not to operate?
Haider AS, McCutcheon IE, Ene CI, Fuller GN, Schomer DF, Gule-Monroe M, DeMonte F, Ferguson SD, Lang FF, Prabhu SS, Raza SM, Suki D, Weinberg JS, Sawaya R
J Clin Neurosci 2023 Dec;118:147-152. Epub 2023 Nov 7 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2023.10.025. PMID: 37944358
Telovelar surgical approach.
Ghali MGZ
Neurosurg Rev 2021 Feb;44(1):61-76. Epub 2019 Dec 5 doi: 10.1007/s10143-019-01190-5. PMID: 31807931
Infratentorial choroid plexus tumors in children.
Trybula SJ, Karras C, Bowman RM, Alden TD, DiPatri AJ, Tomita T
Childs Nerv Syst 2020 Aug;36(8):1761-1766. Epub 2020 Mar 2 doi: 10.1007/s00381-020-04532-7. PMID: 32123998Free PMC Article
Third ventricular meningiomas.
Li P, Diao X, Bi Z, Hao S, Ren X, Zhang J, Xing J
J Clin Neurosci 2015 Nov;22(11):1776-84. Epub 2015 Aug 29 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2015.05.025. PMID: 26455422
Telovelar Approach to Fourth Ventricle Tumors: Highlights and Limitations.
Tomasello F, Conti A, Cardali S, La Torre D, Angileri FF
World Neurosurg 2015 Jun;83(6):1141-7. Epub 2015 Feb 16 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.01.039. PMID: 25698525

Recent systematic reviews

Tumor characteristics and surgical outcomes of intracranial subependymomas: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
Kweh BTS, Rosenfeld JV, Hunn M, Tee JW
J Neurosurg 2022 Mar 1;136(3):736-748. Epub 2021 Aug 20 doi: 10.3171/2021.2.JNS204052. PMID: 34416731
Lateral ventricular liponeurocytoma: Review of literature and case illustration.
Al-Umran MR, Al-Umran SR, Arab AF, Dababo MA, Alotaibi FA
Neurochirurgie 2021 Nov;67(6):579-586. Epub 2021 Mar 22 doi: 10.1016/j.neuchi.2021.03.004. PMID: 33766564
Natural history of incidental colloid cysts of the third ventricle: A systematic review.
O'Neill AH, Gragnaniello C, Lai LT
J Clin Neurosci 2018 Jul;53:122-126. Epub 2018 May 3 doi: 10.1016/j.jocn.2018.04.061. PMID: 29731276
Diagnostic Yield, Morbidity, and Mortality of Intraventricular Neuroendoscopic Biopsy: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
Somji M, Badhiwala J, McLellan A, Kulkarni AV
World Neurosurg 2016 Jan;85:315-24.e2. Epub 2015 Sep 16 doi: 10.1016/j.wneu.2015.09.011. PMID: 26385114
Brainstem cavernous malformations.
Gross BA, Batjer HH, Awad IA, Bendok BR
Neurosurgery 2009 May;64(5):E805-18; discussion E818. doi: 10.1227/01.NEU.0000343668.44288.18. PMID: 19404127

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