Supratentorial primary neuroectodermal tumor (PNET) inside the third ventricle in adult: an rare case report
| Autor: | Tiago de Paiva Cavalcante, Siegfried Pimenta Kuehnitzsch, George Santos dos Passos, José Eduardo Souza Dias Júnior, Tobias Engel Ayer Botrel, Emerson Oliveira Barbosa |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2013 |
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| Zdroj: | Brazilian Neurosurgery, Vol 32, Iss 02, Pp 125-129 (2013) |
| Druh dokumentu: | article |
| ISSN: | 0103-5355 2359-5922 |
| DOI: | 10.1055/s-0038-1626002 |
| Popis: | The PNET of CNS are considered malignant undifferentiated tumors, and it represents about 2,8% of all tumors found on infants and teenagers, more rarely found on adults. In the present article will report the case of a patient, male, 23 years-old, with nodular lesion inside the third ventricle, admitted on emergency room with acute intense headache, drowsiness, vomiting and visual clouding, started three days before. Although there have been advances in diagnosis and treatment of PNET in children, few publications were found on the efficiency of available treatment options on adults. In our patient the lesion was completely removed by a anterosuperior interhemispheric transcallosal craniotomy, and subsequently diagnosed as PNET by anatomopathological. Postoperative hydrocephaly was installed and reverted with a ventriculoperitoneal shunt, with clinical and neurological status improvement. The patient died 18 months after diagnosis, due to respiratory hospitalar infection. |
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