[A case of XXXX with intraventricular free fat seen in CT scan].

@entity410 @entity146 @entity5 @entity693 @entity46140 @entity10
Detection of an intraventricular or intratumoral fat-fluid level on the plain craniograms has been known as a characteristic sign indicating the presence of intracranial @entity5 . On CT scans, however, only thirteen cases have been previously reported to be found an intraventricular and/or subarachnoid free fat associated with @entity5 . We reported a case of @entity46140 with intraventricular free-fat seen on CT scans. A nine-year-old male with precocious puberty was admitted to our hospital complaining a moderate @entity10 . Neurological examinations were normal without signs of @entity146 . The serum and CSF titer of HCG were raised markedly. The laboratory data of the CSF were normal and there were no pathological cells in the CSF. The CT scans revealed a large heterogeneous mass containing multiple areas of negative density in the pineal region. There were negative density droplets in the bilateral frontal horn on the same CT scans indicating a presence of free fats. At surgery, an yellowish oily material was drained from the @entity5 , but there was no sign of @entity693 over the cortical surface of the occipital lobe. An intraventricular free fat on CT scan have been reported in fourteen cases including ours following the first case described by Fawcitt in 1976. Although most of the cases presented @entity10 , only two cases was diagnosed clinically as @entity693 . Pathological changes indicating @entity693 , however, were noted in five cases, all of them presenting @entity410 attacks.
