Third XXXX . Report of 7 cases with benign clinical behaviour.

@entity1 @entity227 @entity428 @entity5 @entity11 @entity10053 @entity2841 @entity10220
Neoplasms of the third ventricle are lesions arising within the ventricular cavity, often free but more often pedunculated. True third @entity5 are surgically removable. In a consecutive surgical series of 580 @entity5 the authors operated on 27 lesions of the third ventricle, 7 of which were @entity11 . The histological diagnosis was @entity10053 in 5 cases and fibrillar @entity10220 in 2 cases. The dominant clinical features were a slowly progressive or intermittently @entity428 , and @entity227 . CT and @entity2841 contrastographic studies provided the essential diagnostic data for the therapeutic plan. CT scans at follow-up studies confirmed the successful removal of the lesions. A right trans-ventricular approach was employed in all cases. Depending on the size and position of the lesion, removal was performed through the foramen of Monro or through a sub-choroidal approach. In two @entity1 a ventriculo-atrial shunt was necessary in spite of @entity5 removal. No surgical mortality occurred and @entity1 are well at a follow-up time of from 2 to 6 years.
