Author(s) | Number of cases | Age (years)/sex | Clinical features | Neuroradiological features | Treatment |
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Yasargil (1996) | 4 | N/A | N/A | Anterior portion of the third ventricle | Frontal interhemispheric approach |
Lee and Manzano (1997) | 1 | 59/M | Depression, anxiety disorder, urinary incontinence, disorientation, memory deficits, gait disorder | Third-ventricle ring enhanced lesion with obstructive hydrocephalus | Ventriculostomy, transcallosal partial removal of the tumor, postoperative radio- and chemo-therapy |
Albert Lasierra (1999) | 2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Lejeune et al. (2000) | 2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Villani and Tomei (2000) | 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Vougiouklakis et al. (2006) | 1 | 34/M | Unconsciousness | Hydocephalus, hemorrhagic third ventricle lesion | Died |
Prieto et al. (2006) | 1 | 29/F | Polydipsia, polyuria, depression | Heterogenous anterior third ventricle lesion with ring-enhancement, obstructive hydrocephalus | V-P shunt for hydrocephalus, frontal-transcortical-transventricular, subtotal removal of the lesion |
Hariri et al. (2014) | 1 | 62/F | Headache, somnolence, cognitive decline | Homogenous, non-enhancing mass with mild hydrocephalus | N/A |
Present case | 1 | 36/F | Headache, blurred vision, confusion | Heterogeneously enhanced multi-cystic lesion with obstructive hydrocephalus | V-P shunt for hydrocephalus, stereotactic biopsy from the tumor, post-operative radiotherapy and chemotherapy |