Ortega-Martínez M, Cabezudo J M, Bernal-García L M, Fernández-Portales I, Gómez-Perals L, Gómez de Tejada R, Pimentel J J
Servicios de Neurocirugía y Anatomía Patológica, Hospital Regional Universitario Infanta Cristina, Badajoz. España.
Neurocirugia (Astur). 2007 Apr;18(2):115-22.
Chordoid glioma of the third ventricle is an infrequent brain tumour that was described for the first time by Brat et al. in 1998; since then, only 39 cases have been reported. We present a new case of chordoid glioma of the third ventricle in a 51-year-old-man that was treated with total surgical removal, with a good initial postoperative evolution. Sudden death, most likely due to a massive pulmonary embolism, occurred in the third postoperative day. We present the histological characteristics of the tumour and review the literature regarding this entity.
第三脑室脊索样胶质瘤是一种罕见的脑肿瘤,1998年由布拉特等人首次描述;从那时起,仅报告了39例。我们报告一例51岁男性的第三脑室脊索样胶质瘤新病例,该病例接受了肿瘤全切手术,术后初期恢复良好。术后第三天突然死亡,最可能原因是大面积肺栓塞。我们展示了该肿瘤的组织学特征并复习了关于此实体的文献。